Love Song tab

Love Song

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                            "LOVE SONG" off LP "Tumbleweed Connection" (1970)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson

Tuning: Standard.

Lovely acoustic ballad written by Lesley Duncan, recorded by Elton on the much underrated 
early album Tumbleweed Connection: really simple to play.

This is the elton john version of the song; NOT the Lesley Duncan version.

--Intro (fade in):

Em9                   Em7                  Em9                  Em7
e|-2-------------------|-0-----------------|-2------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------0-----|-------------0-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----0-----------0--|-----0----------0--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|


  A7                    A7sus4               A7                   A7sus4
e|-0-------------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------2------|--------------3----|--------------2-----|-------------3-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----2-----------2---|-----2-----------2-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|

  
--Verse 1 (0:23):

    
    These   words  I    have to say         They may be simple but they're ..
 
  Em9                   Em7                  Em9                  Em7
e|-2-------------------|-0-----------------|-2------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------0-----|-------------0-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----0-----------0--|-----0----------0--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|

 ..true

  A7                    A7sus4               A7                   A7sus4
e|-0-------------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------2------|--------------3----|--------------2-----|-------------3-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----2-----------2---|-----2-----------2-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|



 Until    you      give your love,         there's nothing more that we can..
 
  Em9                   Em7                  Em9                  Em7
e|-2-------------------|-0-----------------|-2------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------0-----|-------------0-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----0-----------0--|-----0----------0--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|

 ..do

  A7                    A7sus4               A7                   A7sus4
e|-0-------------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------2------|--------------3----|--------------2-----|-------------3-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----2-----------2---|-----2-----------2-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|



                        Love   is       the         opening         door           

  Em9                   Em9                 A7                   A7
e|-2-------------------|-2-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------2-----|-------------2-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|


                        Love   is    what   we    came         here       for          

  Em9                   Em9                 A7                   A7
e|-2-------------------|-2-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------2-----|-------------2-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|


                         No-one    could            offer        you more           

  Em9                   Em9                 A7                   A7
e|-2-------------------|-2-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------2-----|-------------2-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|


                         Do you know what I mean?         

  Em9                   Em9                 A7                   A7
e|-2-------------------|-2-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------2-----|-------------2-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|


                        Have your eyes really seen?           

  Em9                   Em9                 A7                   A7
e|-2-------------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------2-----|-------------2-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|



--Verse 2 (same picking pattern with slight variations)(1:18):

Em9         Em7       Em9       Em7                A7    A7sus4   A7   A7sus4
You say its very hard, to leave behind the life we knew.

Em9         Em7          Em9          Em7          A7    A7sus4   A7   A7sus4
But there's no other way, and now its really up to you.

Em9         A7
Love is the key we must turn
Em9          A7
Truth is the flame we must burn
Em9          A7
Freedom the lesson we must learn
Em9                A7
Do you know what I mean?
Em9                   A7
Have your eyes really seen?


--(2:14) Picking pattern for 1st part of verse repeated without vocal.
--(2:18) Last five lines of verse 1 repeated (with same picking pattern).
--Last two lines of verse repeated to fade out.


Enjoy playing this beautiful song...


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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