Love Will Tear Us Apart chords by
Joy Division

1980•Rock•4.3K views•

Key: D major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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When routine bites hard

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And ambitions are low

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And resentment rides high

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But emotions won't grow

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And we're changing our ways,

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taking different roads

Chorus 1

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Then love, love will tear us apart again

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Love, love will tear us apart again

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Verse 2

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Why is the bedroom so cold?

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You've turned away on your side

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Is my timing that flawed?

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Our respect runs so dry

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Yet there's still this appeal

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That we've kept through our lives

Chorus 2

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Then love, love will tear us apart again

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Love, love will tear us apart again

Interlude 1

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Verse 3

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You cry out in your sleep

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All my failings exposed

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There's a taste in my mouth

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As desperation takes hold

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Just that something so good

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just can't function no more

Chorus 3

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But love, love will tear us apart again

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Love, love will tear us apart again

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Love, love will tear us apart again

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Love, love will tear us apart again

Outro 1

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[Repeat and fade]

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The original key of Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division is D major.

The primary chords used in Love Will Tear Us Apart are A, D, Bm.

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