The Book Of Love original guitar chords by
The Magnetic Fields

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Key: G major

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

C/G

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 danc ing

Chorus 1
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C/G C/G 
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D/A D/A 2
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D/A D/A 2
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I love it    when you read  to me
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G G 
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And you,
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D/A D/A 2
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you can   read me any   thing
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Verse 2

G

C/G

D/G

G

The book of love has music in it

C/G

D/G

G

In fact that's where music comes from

C/G

D/G

G

Some of it is just transcendental

C/G

D/G

G

Some of it is just really dumb

Chorus 2
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I love it    when you sing  to me
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you can   sing me any   thing
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Verse 3

G

C/G

D/G

G

The book of love is long and boring

C/G

D/G

G

And written very long ago

C/G

D/G

G

It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes

C/G

D/G

G

And things we're all too young to know

Chorus 3
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I love it    when you give  me things
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you ought to give me wedding rings
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I,
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I love it    when you give  me things
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you ought to give me wedding rings

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