• Song:

    Love Song

  • Artist:

    Elton John

  • Album:

    Tumbleweed Connection

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	                    "LOVE SONG" off LP "Tumbleweed Connection" (1970)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson

Tuning: Standard.

Lovely acoustic ballad written by Lesley Duncan, recorded by Elton on the much underrated 
early album Tumbleweed Connection: really simple to play.

This is the elton john version of the song; NOT the Lesley Duncan version.

--Intro (fade in):

Em9 (022032@1)                 Em7                  Em9 (022032@1)                Em7
e|-2-------------------|-0-----------------|-2------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------0-----|-------------0-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----0-----------0--|-----0----------0--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|


  A7 (x02020@1)                  A7sus4 (002033@1)             A7 (x02020@1)                 A7sus4e|-0-------------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------| (002033@1)B|--------------2------|--------------3----|--------------2-----|-------------3-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----2-----------2---|-----2-----------2-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|

  
--Verse 1 (0:23):

    
    These   words  I    have to say         They may be simple but they're ..
 
  Em9 (022032@1)                 Em7                  Em9 (022032@1)                Em7
e|-2-------------------|-0-----------------|-2------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------0-----|-------------0-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----0-----------0--|-----0----------0--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|

 ..true

  A7 (x02020@1)                  A7sus4 (002033@1)             A7 (x02020@1)                 A7sus4e|-0-------------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------| (002033@1)B|--------------2------|--------------3----|--------------2-----|-------------3-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----2-----------2---|-----2-----------2-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|



 Until    you      give your love,         there's nothing more that we can..
 
  Em9 (022032@1)                 Em7                  Em9 (022032@1)                Em7
e|-2-------------------|-0-----------------|-2------------------|-0-----------------|
B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------0-----|-------------0-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----0-----------0--|-----0----------0--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|

 ..do

  A7 (x02020@1)                  A7sus4 (002033@1)             A7 (x02020@1)                 A7sus4e|-0-------------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------| (002033@1)B|--------------2------|--------------3----|--------------2-----|-------------3-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----2-----------2---|-----2-----------2-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|



                        Love   is       the         opening         door           

  Em9 (022032@1)                 Em9 (022032@1)               A7 (x02020@1)                 A7e|-2-------------------|-2-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------| (x02020@1)B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------2-----|-------------2-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|


                        Love   is    what   we    came         here       for          

  Em9 (022032@1)                 Em9 (022032@1)               A7 (x02020@1)                 A7e|-2-------------------|-2-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------| (x02020@1)B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------2-----|-------------2-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|


                         No-one    could            offer        you more           

  Em9 (022032@1)                 Em9 (022032@1)               A7 (x02020@1)                 A7e|-2-------------------|-2-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------| (x02020@1)B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------2-----|-------------2-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|


                         Do you know what I mean?         

  Em9 (022032@1)                 Em9 (022032@1)               A7 (x02020@1)                 A7e|-2-------------------|-2-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------| (x02020@1)B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------2-----|-------------2-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|


                        Have your eyes really seen?           

  Em9 (022032@1)                 Em9 (022032@1)               A7 (x02020@1)                 A7e|-2-------------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------|-0-----------------| (x02020@1)B|--------------0------|--------------0----|--------------2-----|-------------2-----|
G|---------0-----------|---------0---------|---------0----------|--------0----------|
D|-----0-----------0---|-----0-----------0-|-----2-----------2--|-----2----------2--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|-0----------0-------|-0---------0-------|
E|-0---------0---------|-0----------0------|--------------------|-------------------|



--Verse 2 (same picking pattern with slight variations)(1:18):

Em9 (022032@1)       Em7       Em9 (022032@1)     Em7                A7 (x02020@1)  A7sus4 (002033@1) A7 (x02020@1) A7sus4You (002033@1)say its very hard, to leave behind the life we knew.

Em9 (022032@1)       Em7          Em9 (022032@1)        Em7          A7 (x02020@1)  A7sus4 (002033@1) A7 (x02020@1) A7sus4But (002033@1)there's no other way, and now its really up to you.

Em9 (022032@1)       A7Love (x02020@1)is the key we must turn
Em9 (022032@1)        A7Truth (x02020@1)is the flame we must burn
Em9 (022032@1)        A7Freedom (x02020@1)the lesson we must learn
Em9 (022032@1)              A7Do (x02020@1)you know what I mean?
Em9 (022032@1)                 A7Have (x02020@1)your eyes really seen?


--(2:14) Picking pattern for 1st part of verse repeated without vocal.
--(2:18) Last five lines of verse 1 repeated (with same picking pattern).
--Last two lines of verse repeated to fade out.


Enjoy playing this beautiful song...


| /  slide up
|   slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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