Love Story chords by NOFX (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Verse 1
F5 
C5 
D5 
 (F5) Partly  (C5) owned Tudor  (D5) house
F5 
C5 
Bb5 
 (F5) Wooden  (C5) white picket  (B flat5) fence
F5 
C5 
G5 
 (F5) Mother  (C5) waits for  (G5) father
Bb5 
C5 
 (B flat5) in    a backless  (C5) dress
F5 
C5 
D5 
 (F5) Hardly  (C5) used dia (D5) phragm
F5 
C5 
Bb5 
 (F5) Put back  (C5) into its  (B flat5) case
F5 
C5 
G5 
Bb5 
 (F5) A one way  (C5) trip down  (G5) memory  (B flat5) lane
F5 
As she a (F5) waits

Chorus 1

I don't want to know

Cheat me

I don't want to know

Verse 2
F5 
C5 
D5 
 (F5) Children  (C5) play in the  (D5) yard
F5 
C5 
Bb5 
 (F5) Mother  (C5) stares at the  (B flat5) wall
F5 
C5 
G5 
Bb5 
 (F5) Father  (C5) says he's gonna  (G5) be  back  (B flat5) late
C5 
So don't wait  (C5) up
F5 
C5 
D5 
 (F5) About a  (C5) quater to  (D5) 3
F5 
C5 
Bb5 
 (F5) Father  (C5) stares at the  (B flat5) wall
F5 
C5 
G5 
 (F5) Stained  (C5) thicker than  (G5) water
Bb5 
F5 
Who's  (B flat5) gonna clean it  (F5) up

Chorus 2

I don't want to know

Cheat me

I don't want to know

Interlude 1

Verse 3
F5 
C5 
D5 
 (F5) Partly  (C5) owned Tudor  (D5) house
F5 
C5 
Bb5 
 (F5) Wooden  (C5) white picket  (B flat5) fence
F5 
C5 
G5 
 (F5) Mother  (C5) waits for father  (G5) 
Bb5 
C5 
 (B flat5) in    a backless  (C5) dress
F5 
C5 
D5 
 (F5) Hardly  (C5) used dia (D5) phragm
F5 
C5 
Bb5 
 (F5) Put back  (C5) into its  (B flat5) case
F5 
C5 
G5 
Bb5 
 (F5) One way  (C5) trip down  (G5) memory  (B flat5) lane
F5 
As she a (F5) waits

Chorus 3
Db 
I don't want to  (D flat major) know
F 
Cheat  (F major) me
Db 
I don't want to  (D flat major) know
F 
Cheat  (F major) me
Db 
I don't want to  (D flat major) know
F 
Cheat  (F major) me
Db 
I don't want to  (D flat major) know
F 
Cheat  (F major) me

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: F majorBPM: 140

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

F5: 1-3-x-x-x-x
C5: x-3-5-x-x-x
D5: x-5-7-x-x-x
Bb5: x-1-3-x-x-x
G5: 3-5-x-x-x-x
Db: x-4-6-6-6-x
F: x-3-3-2-1-x

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

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This is the definitive original version of Love Story by NOFX, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of F major. It suits players who want to learn Love Story the way NOFX intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.