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True Love chords by
Elliott Smith
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
G
G

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Gsus4
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Gm
Gm
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Bb
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Eb
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6

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D
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Em
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Verse 1
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G

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Am
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True love is a rose behind glass
E
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That's locked and kept closed

Maybe just to me
G
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'Cause my heart's been attacked
Bb
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C
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F
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And shattered by tough
Eb
Eb
6

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D
D

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G
G

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love bad love
Verse 2
Em
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So I bought mine off the street
Am
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E
E

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True love, man, it just can't be beat
G
G

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I felt so complete
Bb
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C
C

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Married to heavenly bod
F
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Eb
Eb
6

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D
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ies above
Ab
Ab
4

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And each night I'd look up
Gm
Gm
3

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D
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Ebdim
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D
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At a bright honey moon
G
G

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'Cause it
Verse 3
Em
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sure seemed
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G

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built to last
Am
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E
E

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And even after my honeymoon passed
G
G

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I kept right with it, man
Bb
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Am
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F
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C
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Like a ghost to a house it once
Eb
Eb
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haunted
D
D

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G
G

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D
D

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Verse 4
Em
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G
G

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And day after day
Am
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E
E

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I'd steal with my true love away
G
G

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To some hideout we're left undisturbed
Bb
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F
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Eb
Eb
6

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D
D

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We could do what we wanted
Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
Eb
6

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Cm
Cm
3

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But I started to feel like a liar
Gm
Gm
3

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D
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Ebdim
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D
D

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Saying I love you
C
C

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G
G

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She was
Verse 5
C
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Bb
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madly in love or mad mean
Ab
Ab
4

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D
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G
G

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There was no in between it raised my alarm
C
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Bb
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I found I can't make a stand
Ab
Ab
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I'm her hired hand i have

to do harm
D
D

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G

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D

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Verse 6
Em
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One day I got sick
G
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Am
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E
E

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She played me a nasty old trick
G
G

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Said, "I need cigarettes"
Bb
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F
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Walked 'round the block
Eb
Eb
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D
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G
G

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D
D

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caught a cab
Em
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G
G

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Stayed gone for too long
Am
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E
E

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My love had gotten so strong
G
G

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Bb
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Just to try being back on my own
F
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Eb
Eb
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I had to go to rehab
D
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Verse 7
C
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Bb
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Ab
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4

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All I need is a safe place to bleed
D
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C
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Is this where it's at?
Bb
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Half of no chance

Steps in a dance
Ab
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4

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D
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Rest of my life spent in combat
G
G

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D
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Now I'm the
Verse 8
Em
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G
G

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king of the ward
C
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'Cause I'm good and I swallow

my sword
G
G

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And puke it out for the doctor
Bb
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Am
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F
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Eb
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6

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To write me a new pre scription
D
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Em
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Tranquil as a dove
Am
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E
E

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People that have lost their true love
G
G

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Bb
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Am
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They all seem to fit the same
Eb
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Verse 9
Ab
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Gm
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3

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I feel cold, useless and old
D
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Ebdim
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D
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I wish I was no one
Interlude 1
G
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Verse 10
C
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Cm
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3

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Take me up,
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Cm
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G
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my Lord take me up today
Cm
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3

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C
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Cm
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G
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Take me out of this place
Cm
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C
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Take me up with you
Outro 1

today
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Ebaug
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • Gsus4

  • C

  • Gm

    3

  • Bb

  • F

  • Eb

    6

  • D

  • Em

  • Am

  • E

  • Ab

    4

  • Ebdim

  • Cm

    3

  • Ebaug

    4

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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The original key of True Love by Elliott Smith is A major.

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