Makin' Love Don't Always Make Love Grow chords by
Tanya Tucker

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Key: Db major•

Verse 1

F

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Am

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C

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The first time that I

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G

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said let's start our family

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C

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F

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He said, "Hon I've got the whole

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G

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F

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wide world to see

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G

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C

C

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F

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So come along and be this

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drifter's lady

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Dm

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The best next thing to love

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is bein' free"

Verse 2

C

C

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And I said, "Don't you feel the need to have

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G

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C

C

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some kids and settle down?"

He said not while there's

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F

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G

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some places left to go, yeah

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C

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I'd like to love you in Alaska under

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G

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C

C

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neath the midnight sun

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F

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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F

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I said, "Makin' love don't always make love

Bb

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G

G

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grow oh didn't you know"

C

C

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F

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Verse 3

G

G

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F

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C

C

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F

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Acapulco and the Mexicaly sunshine,

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C

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Hawaii on a rooftop in the rain

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C

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G

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Out of Rio De Janeiro on a tramp liner and

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Dm

Dm

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G

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just outside of Paris on a train

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C

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I said don't you feel the need to have

G

G

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C

C

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some kids and settle down

He said not while there's

F

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some places left to go

Verse 4

C

C

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I'd like to love you in the back

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C

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seat of a taxi leavin' town

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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I said, "Makin' love don't always make love

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Bb

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G

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C

C

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grow oh didn't you know

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And one day walkin' on the beach

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of Monterey"

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A little girl came up and

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took me by the hand

Verse 5

C

C

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And said, "Mom is it okay if

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G

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I go swimmin'?"

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C

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But when he saw her mistake

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he blushed and ran

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C

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F

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He laughed and reached for me

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but I just stepped away

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C

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F

F

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I fought away the tears and tried to smile

Verse 6

C

C

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Suddenly I knew I'd wait

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for him no longer

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Dm

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Just as suddenly he

G

G

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changed his style

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C

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F

F

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He said, "Don't you feel the need to have

G

G

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C

C

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some kids and settle down?"

F

F

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Someday everybody leads a home

Verse 7

C

C

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Yes, I'm fi nally learnin' love

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G

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C

C

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is more than just a runnin' round

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F

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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But makin' love is hard

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C

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Bb

Bb

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G

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to do alone

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C

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F

F

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I said, "Don't you feel the need to have

G

G

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C

C

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some kids and settle down"

F

F

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G

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Babe, I'm gonna take it on my own

Verse 8

C

C

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See I'm fi nally learnin' love is

G

G

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C

C

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more than just a runnin' round

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F

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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Why makin' love might even

C

C

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Bb

Bb

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G

G

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make love grow

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C

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F

F

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Didn't you know

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didn't you know?

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The original key of Makin' Love Don't Always Make Love Grow by Tanya Tucker is Db major.

The primary chords used in Makin' Love Don't Always Make Love Grow are Gb, Ab, Bbm, Db, Ebm, Cb.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like Gb, Ab, Bbm, Db, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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