The Meaning Of Love
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Capo on 5
(Drums then....)
INTRO RIFF Em C D G x 4
Em C D G
I've read more than a hundred books
Em D G
Seeing love mentioned many thou-sand times
Em C D G
But des-pite all the places I've looked
A
It's still no clearer
D
It's just not enough
A
I'm still no nearer
C G G C
The meaning of love
D G C
(the meaning of love)
D D7
(the meaning of love)
RIFF Synth Em C D G x2
Em C D G
Noted down all my obser-vations
Em D G
Spent an evening watching tele-vision
Em C D G
Still I couldn't say with precision
A D
Know it's a feeling and it comes from above
A
But what's the meaning
C G G C
The meaning of love
D Em G
(The meaning of love) Tell Me
D Em
(The meaning of love)
Em7 A7
From the notes that I've made so far
Em C Cmaj7
Love seems something like wanting a scar
G Em
Well I could be wrong
D
I'm just not sure you see
D6
I've never been in love before
G
(never been in love before)
G7
(never been in love before)
RIFF Synth F G C A X4
C Fmaj7
Next I asked several friends of mine
C
If they could spare a few minutes of their time
C Fmaj7
Their looks suggested that I've lost my mind
D
Tell me the answer
G D
My Lord high a-bove
G
Tell me the meaning
Fmaj7 G C C
The meaning of love
Em D D7 G
(The meaning of love) Tell Me
G D D7 G
(The meaning of love) Tell me
G D D7 G
(The meaning of love) Tell Me
G D7
(The meaning of love)
Em A7
From the notes that I've made so far
Em C Em
Love seems something like wanting a scar
G Em
Well I could be wrong
G Em D
I'm just not sure you see
D6
I've never been in love before
G
(never been in love before)
G7
(never been in love before)
RIFF Synth Fmaj7 C D G , Fmaj7 C D G , G C
G C
The meaning of love ,
G C Fmaj7 G
Tell me , The meaning of love
G C Fmaj7 G
Tell me , The meaning of love
G C D Bm
Tell me , The meaning of love
D D7 C D
Tell me , The meaning of love
D D7 C D
Tell me , The meaning of love
Em C Fmaj7 G
Tell me , The meaning of love
Em C Fmaj7 G
Tell me , The meaning of love
Bm
Tell me_________
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