I want love      (Listen to midi)    (Listen to sample)

 

    G - Em - D - Bb - C   (2x)    

 

    G         Em                     D      

1. I Want love, but it's impossible,     

Bm                Em              C

    a man like me so irresponsible,

B7                            Em                   

    a man like me is dead in places,     

A             A7        D    D7

    other men feel liberated.

 

          G         Em           D            

2. And I can’t live, shot full of holes,   

Bm               Em           C

    don’t feel nothing, I just feel cold,

B7                             Em               

    don’t feel nothing, just old scars,    

A                     A7    D             D7

    toughening up around my heart.

 

      G                - F

But I want love,       just a different kind,

C                            Cm

 I want love won't break me down,

            G                        Em

won't brick me up, won't fence me in.

              Am

I want a love that don't mean a thing,

                D                                Bb - C

that’s the love, I want, I want love.

 

    G        Em        D                   

3. I want love on my own terms,      

Bm       Em                    C

    after everything I’ve ever learned.

B7                  Em                           

    Me, I carry too much baggage,       

 

A                      A7    D             D7

    oh, and I’ve seen so much tragic.

 

 

 

 

 

G                - F

 I want love,       just a different kind,

C                            Cm

 I want love won't break me down,

            G                        Em

won't brick me up, won't fence me in.

              Am

I want a love that don't mean a thing,

                D                                Bb - C

that’s the love, I want, I want love.

 

D#                       Bb

    So bring it on, I’ve been bruised,

F                                         Bb

    don’t give me love, this clean and smooth.

Bbm                        G#

    I’m ready for the rougher stuff,

D#                               - C                     D        

    no sweet romance,        I’ve had enough.

 

-         G - Em - D - Bm - Em - C

 

B7                            Em                  

    A man like me is dead in places,     

A             A7        D    D7

    other men feel liberated.

 

+ CHORUS (2x)  + G - Em - Bm    - Bb - C - G

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)      (Elton John)