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This Is Love chords by
Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Key: G major•
Intro 1
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G

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Gsus4
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G

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Gsus4
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Gsus4
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C
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Gsus4
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G

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Gsus4
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Verse 1
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G

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If you ever need to hear a voice
C
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In the middle of the night
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G

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When it seems so black outside
Gsus4
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That you can't remember light
G
G

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Ever shone on you or the ones you love

In this or another lifetime
Verse 2
G
G

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And the voice you need to hear
Gsus4
Gsus4

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Is the true and the trusted kind
G
G

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With a soft, familiar rhythm
Gsus4
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In these swirling, unsure times
G
G

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When the waves are lapping in

And you're not sure you can swim

Well, here's the lifeline
Verse 3
Am
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If you ever need to feel a hand

Take up your own
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G

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When you least expect

But want it more than you've
Csus2
Csus2

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ever known
C
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Csus2
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C
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Baby, here's that hand
Csus2
Csus2

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And, baby, here's my
D
D

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voice that's calling
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G

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Am
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D
D

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This is love, all it ever was and will be
G
G

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This is love
Verse 4
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G

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Gsus4
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G
G

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And if you ever

need some proof
Gsus4
Gsus4

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That time can heal your wounds
G
G

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Just step inside my heart
Gsus4
Gsus4

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C
C

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And walk around these rooms

Where the shadows used to be

You can feel as well as see
G
G

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How peace con hover

Now time's been here to fix
Gsus4
Gsus4

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What's broken with its power
G
G

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The love that smashed us both to bits
Gsus4
Gsus4

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G
G

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Spent its last few hours
C
C

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Calling out your name

I thought this is the kind of pain
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G

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From which we don't recover
Verse 5
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But I'm standing here now

With my heart held out to you
G
G

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You would've thought a miracle

Was all that got us through
C
C

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Well, baby, all I know
D
D

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All I know is I'm still standing
G
G

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And this is love,
Am
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D
D

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all it ever was and will be
G
G

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This is love
Am
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D
D

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Verse 6
Csus2
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Gsus4
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G
G

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And I see you still
C
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Csus2
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D
D

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And there's this catch in my throat

And I just swallow hard till
C
C

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it leaves me

There's nothing in this world

That can change what we know
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G
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C
C

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Still I know I am here if you ever need me
D
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G
G

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Gsus4
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G

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And this is love
Verse 7
Am
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D
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G
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Gsus4
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G
G

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And
Am
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D
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G
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Am
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D
D

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Em
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D
D

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G
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Am
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D
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G
G

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if you ever think of me
Gsus4
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Let it be around twilight
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G

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When the world has settled down

And the last round of sunlight

Is waning in the sky
C
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G
G

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As you sit and watch

the night descending

A car will pass out front
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G
G

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With lovers at the wheel

A dog will bark out back
Gsus4
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G
G

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C
C

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Ad children's voices peal

Over and under the air
G
G

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You've been there lost

in the remembering
Am
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And if you ever wish for things

That are only in the past
G
G

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Just remember that the wrong things
Em
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G
G

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Aren't sup posed to last
C
C

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Babe, it's over and done
D
D

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And the rest is gonna come when you let it
Verse 8
G
G

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And this is love,
Am
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D
D

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all that it ever was and will be
G
G

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Am
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This is love, when you let it,
D
D

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if you let it now
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G

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Am
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D
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This is love, all it ever was and can be
G
G

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This is love
Outro 1
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Gsus4
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C
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Em
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • Gsus4

  • C

  • Am

  • Csus2

  • D

  • Em

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of This Is Love by Mary Chapin Carpenter is G major.

The primary chords used in This Is Love are G, Gsus4, C, Am, Csus2, D.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, Gsus4, C, Am, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of This Is Love is approximately 120 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of This Is Love using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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