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The Book Of Love chords by The Magnetic Fields (Official Version)

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G
C/G
D/G
D/A

Intro 1

G

C/G

D/G

G

G

C/G

D/G

G

Verse 1

G

C/G

D/G

G

The book of love is long and boring

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D/G

G

No one can lift the damn thing

C/G

D/G

G

It's full of charts and facts and figures

C/G

D/G

G

And instructions for dancing

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Chorus 1

G

C/G

D/A

G

But I,

C/G

D/A

G

I love it when you read to me

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D/A

G

And you,

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D/A

G

you can read me any thing

G

C/G

D/G

G

Verse 2

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C/G

D/G

G

The book of love has music in it

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D/G

G

In fact that's where music comes from

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D/G

G

Some of it is just transcendental

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D/G

G

Some of it is just really dumb

Chorus 2
G 
C/G 
D/A 
G 
But I,
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D/A 
G 
I love it    when you sing  to me
C/G 
D/A 
G 
And you,
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D/A 
G 
you can   sing me any   thing
G 
C/G 
D/G 
G 

Verse 3

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C/G

D/G

G

The book of love is long and boring

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D/G

G

And written very long ago

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D/G

G

It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes

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D/G

G

And things we're all too young to know

Chorus 3
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C/G 
D/A 
G 
But I,
C/G 
D/A 
G 
I love it    when you give  me things
C/G 
D/A 
G 
And you,
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D/A 
G 
you ought to give me wedding rings
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G 
I,
G 
C/G 
D/A 
G 
I love it    when you give  me things
C/G 
D/A 
G 
And you,
C/G 
D/A 
G 
you ought to give me wedding rings

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0

G
C/G
D/G
D/A

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: G majorBPM: 99

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

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
C/G: 3-x-2-0-1-0
D/G: 3-x-0-2-3-2
D/A: x-0-4-2-3-x

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This is the definitive original version of The Book Of Love by The Magnetic Fields, 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 G major. It suits players who want to learn The Book Of Love the way The Magnetic Fields intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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