Godfather Theme Chords & Tabs
Godfather Theme – Cm Written by Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola
Chords Used Cm C7 Fm G7b9 G7sus4 G7 Bb Eb Db
Probably the best known excerpt from The Godfather Trilogy. It appears in all three films and is also known as the Love Song, 'Speak Softly Love.'
Enjoy, Zo
Cm Fm Cm Cm C7 Fm
e:----8-11-|-10-8-11-8-|-10-8------|-------|-----8-11-|-10-8-11-8-|-10-8-----|------
B:--8------|-----------|------9-11-|-8-----|---8------|-----------|------8-7-|-6----
G:---------|-----------|-----------|-------|----------|-----------|----------|------
D:---------|-----------|-----------|-------|----------|-----------|----------|------
A:---------|-----------|-----------|-------|----------|-----------|----------|------
E:---------|-----------|-----------|-------|----------|-----------|----------|------
G7b9 Cm G7 Cm
e:-------7-|-10----------7-|-8-------------|----------|---------|----------||
B:---6-9---|---------6-9---|------------11-|-9-8-11-9-|-9-8-8---|----------||
G:---------|---------------|----------8----|----------|---------|---------•||
D:---------|---------------|-------10------|----------|-------9-|-10------•||
A:---------|---------------|---------------|----------|---------|----------||
E:---------|---------------|---------------|----------|---------|----------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nino_rota_carmine_coppola/godfather_theme_tab.html ]
Bb Eb Db Gsus7 G7
e:---8-8-7-|-6-----10-8---|----------6---|-------------|-------------
B:---------|------------9-|-8------8---8-|-6-----6-9-7-|-8-----------
G:---------|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------
D:---------|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------
A:---------|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------
E:---------|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------
Cm Fm Cm Cm C7 Fm
e:----8-11-|-10-8-11-8-|-10-8------|-------|-----8-11-|-10-8-11-8-|-10-8-----|------
B:--8------|-----------|------9-11-|-8-----|---8------|-----------|------8-7-|-6----
G:---------|-----------|-----------|-------|----------|-----------|----------|------
D:---------|-----------|-----------|-------|----------|-----------|----------|------
A:---------|-----------|-----------|-------|----------|-----------|----------|------
E:---------|-----------|-----------|-------|----------|-----------|----------|------
G7b9 G7 Cm
e:-------7-|-10------13--11-10-|-11-10-8-----------|----------|---------|-----------
B:---6-9---|-------------------|----------------11-|-9-8-11-8-|-9-8-8---|-----------
G:---------|-------------------|--------------8----|----------|---------|-----------
D:---------|-------------------|-----------10------|----------|-------9-|-10--------
A:---------|-------------------|-------------------|----------|---------|-----------
E:---------|-------------------|-------------------|----------|---------|-----------