True Love chords by Elliott Smith
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Intro 1
(G major) (Gsus4) (C major) (G major) (G minor)
(B flat major) (F major) (E flat major) (D major) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 1
True love is a rose (G major) behind (A minor) glass
That's locked and kept (E major) closed
Maybe just to me
(G major) 'Cause my heart's been attacked
(B flat major) And (C major) shattered (F major) by tough
(E flat major) love (D major) bad love (G major)
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Verse 2
(E minor) So I bought mine off the street (G major)
True (A minor) love, man, it just can't be (E major) beat
I felt so complete (G major)
Married to (B flat major) heavenly (C major) bod
(F major) ies above (E flat major) (D major)
And each (A flat major) night I'd look up
At a bright (G minor) honey (D major) (E flatdim) (D major) moon
(G major) 'Cause it
Verse 3
(E minor) sure seemed
built to (G major) last
And even (A minor) after my honeymoon (E major) passed
I kept (G major) right with it, man
Like a ghost (B flat major) to a (A minor) house (F major) it (C major) once
(E flat major) haunted
(D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 4
(E minor)
And day after day (G major)
I'd (A minor) steal with my true love away (E major)
To some (G major) hideout we're left undisturbed
(B flat major) We could (F major) do what we wanted (E flat major) (D major)
But I star (A flat major) ted to feel (E flat major) like a (C minor) liar
(G minor) Saying I love (D major) you (E flatdim) (D major)
(C major) She (G major) was
Verse 5
(C major) madly in love or mad (B flat major) mean
There was no in between (A flat major) it raised my alarm (D major) (G major)
I (C major) found I can't make a stand (B flat major)
I'm her hired hand (A flat major) i have
to do harm
(D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 6
(E minor)
One day I got sick
(G major) She (A minor) played me a nasty old (E major) trick
(G major) Said, "I need cigarettes"
(B flat major) Walked 'round the block (F major)
caught a cab (E flat major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(E minor) Stayed gone for too long (G major)
My (A minor) love had gotten so strong (E major)
Just to try (G major) being back on my (B flat major) own
I had to (F major) go to re (E flat major) hab
(D major)
Verse 7
(C major)
All I (B flat major) need is a safe place to bleed (A flat major)
Is this where it's (D major) at? (C major)
Half of no (B flat major) chance
Steps in a dance
(A flat major) Rest of my life spent in com (D major) bat
Now (G major) I'm (D major) the
Verse 8
(E minor) king of (G major) the ward
'Cause I'm (C major) good and I swallow
my sword
And puke it (G major) out for the doctor
To write (B flat major) me a new (A minor) (F major) pre (E flat major) scription
(D major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) Tranquil as a dove (G major)
(A minor) People that have lost their true (E major) love
They (G major) all seem to fit (B flat major) the same (A minor)
descrip (E flat major) tion (D major)
Verse 9
I feel (A flat major) cold, useless and old (G minor)
I wish I was no (D major) one (E flatdim) (D major)
Interlude 1
(G major)
Verse 10
(C major) Take (C minor) me up,
my (G major) Lord (C major) take me (C minor) up (C major) today (G major)
(C minor) Take (C major) me (C minor) out of this (G major) place (G major)
Take (C minor) (C major) me up with you
Outro 1
today
(G major) (G major) (E flataug) (C minor) (G major)
True Love
Elliott Smith
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