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Who Do You Love? chords by George Thorogood & The Destroyers (Official Version)

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E
A
A/E
D
D/E

Intro 1

Verse 1
E 
I walked  (E major) forty-seven miles of barbed wire,
I got a cobra snake for a necktie
A brand new house on the road side,
and it's a-made out of rattlesnake hide
E 
Got a  (E major) brand new chimney put on top,
and it's a-made out of human skull
Come on take a little walk with me baby,
and tell me who do you love?
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
Who do you love?
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 

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Verse 2

Around the town I use a rattlesnake whip,

take it easy baby don't you give me no lip

Who do you love?

Who do you love?

Verse 3
E 
I've got a  (E major) tombstone hand
and a graveyard mind,
I'm just twenty-two and I don't mind dying
Who do you love?
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
Yeah who do you love?
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
Ah, who do you love?
E 
A/E 
E 
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major)  (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 

Interlude 1
E 
D 
E 
E 
 (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
E 
D 
E 
E 
 (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 

Verse 4
E 
Now  (E major) Arlene took a-me by my hand,
she said
lonesome George you don't understand
A/E 
E 
Who do you love?  (A/E)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
The night were dark and the sky were blue,
down the alleyway a ice wagon flew
Hit a bump and somebody screamed,
you should've heard what I'd seen
E 
 (E major) Who do you love?
Who do you love?
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
Yeah who do you love?
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
Ah, who do you love?
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 

Solo 1
E 
E 
E 
E 
 (E major)  (E major)  (E major)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
E 
D/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major)  (E major)  (D/E)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major)  (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
E 
D/E 
E 
E 
 (E major)  (D/E)  (E major)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major)  (E major) 

Verse 5
E 
Yeah, I've got a tombstone  (E major) hand
and a graveyard mind,
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
Just twenty-two baby baby I don't mind dying
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
Snake skin shoes baby put them on your feet
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
Got the good time music
and the Bo Diddley beat
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
Yeah, who do you love?
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
Ooh, who do you love?
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 

Verse 6
E 
I walked  (E major) forty-seven miles of barbed wire,
I got a cobra snake for a necktie
A brand new house on the road side,
A/E 
E 
and it's a-made out of rattlesnake hide  (A/E)  (E major) 
E 
Got a  (E major) brand new chimney put on top,
and it's a-made out of human skull
Come on take a little walk with me child,
A/E 
E 
and tell me who do you love?  (A/E)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
Yeah, who do you love?
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
A/E 
E 
Who do you love?  (A/E)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 

Outro 1
E 
E 
 (E major)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major)  (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
E 
D/E 
E 
E 
D/E 
E 
 (E major)  (D/E)  (E major)  (E major)  (D/E)  (E major) 
E 
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
E 
D/E 
E 
E 
 (E major)  (D/E)  (E major)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major)  (E major) Who do you love?
E 
A/E 
E 
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) Oh  (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 
E 
E 
 (E major)  (E major) 
E 
A/E 
E 
 (E major)  (A/E)  (E major) 

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0

E
A
A/E
D
D/E

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: E majorBPM: 106

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
A/E: 0-x-2-2-2-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
D/E: x-x-2-2-3-2

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This is the definitive original version of Who Do You Love? by George Thorogood & The Destroyers, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of E major. It suits players who want to learn Who Do You Love? the way George Thorogood & The Destroyers intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

Who Do You Love?

George Thorogood & The Destroyers

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