When Love Comes Knocking At My Heart chords by Marvin Gaye

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) [TT]
Ooo here I am alone,
thinkin' aimlessly
Seein' other girls in love
& wishin' it were me
If I could only find the key
& make love come my way
I would trade this loneliness for
true love any day

Verse 2
Em 
[Both] When  (E minor) 
love comes knockin'
at my heart
Bm 
I'm surely  (B minor) gonna let it in
Em 
When  (E minor) love comes knockin'
at my heart
F#m 
A 
 (F sharp minor) Happiness will surely  (A major) begin
D 
 (D major) [TT]
Oh darlin',
[MG] Oh darlin'
[TT]
Oh darlin',

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Verse 3
[MG] Oh darlin'
D 
 (D major) [MG]
Emptiness is in the air
& all around me gloom
As I gaze through the
window of my lonely room
I hate to get up in the mornin' 'cause
I know what lies ahead
Where there should be a cheerful smile,
there's loneliness instead

Verse 4
Em 
[Both] When  (E minor) 
love comes knockin'
at my heart
Bm 
I'm surely  (B minor) gonna let it in
Em 
When  (E minor) love comes knockin'
at my heart
F#m 
A 
 (F sharp minor) Happiness will surely  (A major) begin

Verse 5
Bm 
 (B minor) [MG]
G 
Oh if you've never  (G major) been in love,
A 
Bm 
darlin'  (A major)  (B minor) 
A 
F#m 
G 
Then  (A major) you're just  (F sharp minor) like  (G major) me,
A 
F# 
Bm 
now  (A major)  (F sharp major)  (B minor) 

Verse 6
G 
[TT] Don't you get  (G major) 
A 
lonely?  (A major) 
Bm 
A 
F#m 
G 
 (B minor) What am I  (A major)  (F sharp minor) to  (G major) be?
A 
 (A major) Oh darlin',
D 
 (D major) [MG]
Oh darlin'
[TT]
Oh darlin',
[MG] Oh darlin'
[TT] Oh darlin',
Ab 
 (A flat major) [MG] Oh darlin'
[TT]

Verse 7
Oh darlin',
Eb 
Ab 
Eb 
 (E flat major) [MG] Oh  (A flat major) darlin'  (E flat major) 
Ab 
 (A flat major) [TT]
My heart's full of envy for the
Eb 
 (E flat major) girl who lives next door
Ab 
She  (A flat major) has so many things that I've
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) never had before  (A flat major) 

Verse 8
[MG]
She possesses one thing I've
Eb 
never had a chance to get  (E flat major) 
Ab 
 (A flat major) That's someone to call her own
Eb 
Ab 
Eb 
& there's  (E flat major) one thing  (A flat major) you can bet  (E flat major) 
Ab 
 (A flat major) [Both] When

Verse 9
Fm 
 (F minor) 
love comes knockin' at my heart
Cm 
I'm  (C minor) surely gonna let it in
Fm 
When  (F minor) love comes knockin' at my heart
Gm 
Bb 
Hap (G minor) piness will surely  (B flat major) begin
Ab 
 (A flat major) [TT]
Oh darlin',

Verse 10
[MG] Oh darlin'
Ab 
 (A flat major) [TT]
Oh darlin',
Eb 
 (E flat major) [MG] Oh darlin'
Ab 
 (A flat major) [TT]
Eb 
Ab 
Eb 
When love comes, I'm gonna  (E flat major) let it  (A flat major) in   (E flat major) 
Ab 
Eb 
 (A flat major) Because I know I'll be  (E flat major) happy then
Ab 
Eb 
Loneliness  (A flat major) will be no  (E flat major) more
Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
Eb 
When  (A flat major) love comes, gonna  (E flat major) open that  (A flat major) door  (E flat major) 
Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
Eb 
 (A flat major) When  (E flat major) love  (A flat major) comes, when  (E flat major) love  (A flat major) comes  (E flat major) 
Ab 
Eb 
 (A flat major) Oh darlin', when love comes  (E flat major) 
Ab 
 (A flat major) 