Love Is A Five Letter Word chords by Van Morrison

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D
A
G
C
B
F
F#m
Gdim
Em
E
C#dim
F#
Bm
Esus4
Ebdim

Verse 1
D 
A 
D 
 (D major)  (A major)  (D major) I'll tell you what love is
A 
D 
And  (A major) this is no lie  (D major) 
A 
G 
 (A major) Love is  (G major) a  five letter word
C 
B 
D 
A 
spelled  (C major)  (B major)  (D major) M- O- N- E- Y  (A major) 
D 
And  (D major) 

Verse 2
F 
G 
D 
 (F major) love  (G major) without  (D major) money
F#m 
D 
Is like  (F sharp minor) the shirt  (D major) without the tie
F#m 
D 
G 
Gdim 
Love  (F sharp minor) is     (D major) a   (G major) five letter  (Gdim) word
C 
B 
D 
spelled  (C major)  (B major) M- O-  (D major) N- E- Y
A 
D 
A 
 (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 

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Verse 3
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) You can't live on kisses
A 
nor a warm  (A major) embrace
F#m 
D 
A 
 (F sharp minor)  (D major)  (A major) If there's something
D 
F#m 
that  (D major) you're missing  (F sharp minor) 
D 
B 
D 
Got to  (D major) have cash  (B major) to take it's  (D major) 
Em 
E 
D 
G 
A 
place  (E minor)  (E major)  (D major)  (G major)  (A major) 
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) Sweet  (A major) talk comes  (D major) easy
A 
D 
Sometimes  (A major) it'll get  (D major) you by
A 
Gdim 
D 
 (A major) Love is a five  (Gdim) letter word  (D major) 
A 
D 
spelled M- O- N- E-  (A major) Y   (D major) 

Verse 4
A 
D 
Let the poets write of  (A major) love  (D major) 
A 
D 
F 
D 
 (A major) It  (D major) sounds good I can't deny  (F major) it  (D major) 
A 
G 
Let them write  (A major) about the stars  (G major) above
B 
F 
Em 
D 
 (B major) And the moon  (F major) up  (E minor) in   (D major) the
sky
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) 

Verse 5
F 
G 
D 
'Cause it's  (F major) one thing I  (G major) know  (D major) 
G 
D 
Without it you don't have  (G major) a thing  (D major) 
G 
A 
C#dim 
But if you've got  (G major)  (A major) money  (C sharpdim) honey,
C 
 (C major) money honey
B 
D 
A 
D 
 (B major) You  (D major) can live just like  (A major) you're a king  (D major) 

Interlude 1
D 
F 
D 
F#m 
D 
 (D major)  (F major)  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (D major) 
A 
C 
F# 
C 
Bm 
 (A major)  (C major)  (F sharp major)  (C major)  (B minor) 
D 
A 
D 
F 
D 
 (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (F major)  (D major) 
Em 
D 
A 
D 
A 
Gdim 
C 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (Gdim)  (C major) 
D 
B 
D 
A 
D 
A 
 (D major)  (B major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 

Verse 6
F#m 
B 
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) You can't live on kisses  (B major)  (F sharp minor) 
D 
nor a warm embrace  (D major) 
A 
If there's  (A major) something that
D 
A 
you're  (D major) missing  (A major) 
F 
F# 
B 
 (F major) Then  (F sharp major) you've got to have  (B major) cash
D 
To take it's  (D major) place
Esus4 
D 
 (Esus4)  (D major) 

Verse 7
A 
D 
Sweet talk  (A major) comes  (D major) easy
Sometimes it's gonna
Em 
D 
get you by  (E minor)  (D major) 
A 
Gdim 
C 
B 
 (A major) Love is a five  (Gdim) let (C major) ter word  (B major) spelled
D 
A 
D 
Ebdim 
M-  (D major) O- N-  (A major) E- Y  (D major)  (E flatdim) 

Verse 8
Em 
F 
D 
A 
 (E minor) You  (F major) got to have  (D major) brace  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) that's what I said
G 
Gdim 
You got  (G major) to have toll  (Gdim) 
C 
B 
Got  (C major) to have toll,  (B major) 
D 
baby  (D major) don't you know?

Verse 9
Em 
D 
 (E minor)  (D major) 
A 
D 
A 
D 
Yeah,  (A major)  (D major) yeah,  (A major)  (D major) yeah, yeah
Gdim 
C 
Love is a five  (Gdim) letter word spelled  (C major) 
B 
D 
A 
D 
B 
Em 
 (B major) M-  (D major) O- N- E- Y  (A major)  (D major)  (B major)  (E minor) 
D 
A 
Love  (D major) is a five  (A major) letter word
Gdim 
C 
F 
D 
 (Gdim) spelled  (C major) M-  (F major) O- N-  (D major) E- Y
A 
D 
Just one  (A major) more time to  (D major) go
A 
G 
C 
Love is a five let (A major) ter word  (G major) spelled  (C major) M-
B 
D 
 (B major) O-  (D major) N- E- Y