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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
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..true
A7 A7sus4 A7 A7sus4
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Until you give your love, there's nothing more that we can..
Em9 Em7 Em9 Em7
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A|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
..do
A7 A7sus4 A7 A7sus4
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A|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
Love is the opening door
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/elton_john/love_song_tab.html ]
Em9 Em9 A7 A7
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A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|
Love is what we came here for
Em9 Em9 A7 A7
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G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
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A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|
No-one could offer you more
Em9 Em9 A7 A7
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A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|
Do you know what I mean?
Em9 Em9 A7 A7
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A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|
Have your eyes really seen?
Em9 Em9 A7 A7
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B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------2-----|-------------2-----|
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A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
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--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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