Need Her Love
Composed by: Jeff Lynne ELO
Arrangement for Guitar or Keyboard.
Chords by: Ray Costello "The Gribleys"
Chord & Instrument Notes:
This song is best played on Keyboard with a mixture of Grand Piano and Rhodes sound.
The Chords also sound fine on acoustic guitar if played at the root position.
Chords marked with an '*' are played on keyboard as 1st Inversion.
Notes/Chords shown between brackets are fills played by piano and bass
The '/' symbol is used in places to help count with the timing.
The timing is 4/4
Intro:
Starts with synth noise and rhodes sound.
C* / / / / C* / / / /
C* Dm7 Em F
Am Em F Em*
Am Em Gm Am
C* F G C
Verse 1:
C* Dm7 Em F
She gives me love that I could never hope to have
Am Em F Em*
She tells me that she needs me,she tells me that she's glad
Am Em Gm Am F Fm
And if she goes away,I'm like someone who's left out in the rain
G Am7 F G C Bb (Bb,A,G,F) C (Bb,A)
I need . . . I need her . . .I need her love.
Verse 2:
C* Dm7 Em F
She came in from the west,a summer breeze I couldn't rest
Am Em F Em*
I had to take a fast train,to be there by her side
Am Em Gm Am F Fm
She made me feel so good,she made it like it should be all the time
G Am7 F G C Bb (Bb,A,G,F) C* C*/B
I need . . . I need her . . .I need her love.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/electric_light_orchestra/need_her_love_crd.html ]
Middle:
Am G Bb C F Fm
Just when I was thinkin' of her, she came along and made me want her.
G Am7 F G C Bb (Bb,A,G,F) C (Bb,A)
And I need her . . . I need her . . .I need her love.
Instrumental/Verse 3:
C* Dm7 Em F
Am Em F Em*
Am Em Gm Am F Fm
And if she goes away, I'm like someone who's left out in the rain
G Am7 F G C Bb (Bb,A,G,F) C (Bb,A)
I need . . . I need her . . .I need her love.
Verse 4:
C* Dm7 Em F
The boats that sail, the planes that fly, she is with me.
Am Em F Em*
I wonder if she wonders, if this is all for real
Am Em Gm Am F Fm
I couldn't stand to see her cry because of me,that would be sad.
G Am7 F G C Bb (Bb,A,G,F) C (Bb,A)
I need . . . I need her . . .I need her love.
Verse 5:
C* Dm7 Em F
She tells me everything,she makes me smile,she tries to sing
Am Em F Em*
But never shares her suffering,if things are going wrong
Am Em Gm Am F Fm
She makes it like a dream,if things are as they seem the world is good.
G Am7 F G C C D Eb
I need her . . . I need her love . . .I need her love.
Em Am Dm Em F G C C D Eb
I need her. . I need her love . . . . . I need her love.
Em Am Dm Em F G C C D Eb
Oooh Oooh . . I need her love Yeah Yeah I need her love.
Fade out . . . . . . .
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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