• Song:

    Sweet Louise

  • Artist:

    The Belle Brigade

Love this song!  Heard it in the movie “The First Time” with Dylan O’Brien and 
Britt Robertson.

The strumming pattern is pretty easy: just play along with the song and you’ll get it. 
 Have fun!!  Comment or email (ianfreetobeyouandme@yahoo.com) if something sounds 
wrong, but I’m pretty sure this is what the chords are (the intro is a little wonky, though.)

(stop) = end the chord by strumming once, quickly
(A A B) = is an optional addition.  If you listen, it's a little riff in the song, not 
played by the guitar, but nice to add in if you aren't playing with a full band.

STANDARD TUNING

Chords: (alphabetized)
A, B, Bm, C#m, E, F#maj, G#maj

INTRO
E  A  E  B  A  E

E                      A            E
    Did you hear about me?
B      A         E
Me and what I've done?
                    A     E
I wrote a letter to sweet Louise
B     A        E
I confessed my love

      C#m                                 A
And I thought that everyone would know by now
          G#maj                          A               E
I've been alive long enough to know how things just get around
    C#m                           G#maj  A
And everybody probably thinks I'm crazy
    (stop)              E
Well I'll just tell you now

B      A       E          B        A    E
That I fell in love and I couldn’t help myself
B      A       E          B        A    E
I just fell in love and I couldn’t help myself

“One, two, a one, two, three, four”

E         A     E
It was like a movie
B        A         E  (A A B: each for one beat) E
Watching her eyes read
                    A     E
What I wrote made sweet Louise
B        A       E
Feel weak in her knees

      C#m                                 A
And I thought that everyone would know by now
          G#maj                         A               E
I've been alive long enough to know how things just get around
    C#m                           G#maj  A
And everybody probably thinks I'm crazy
    (stop)              E
Well I'll just tell you now


B      A       E          B        A    E
That I fell in love and I couldn’t help myself
B      A       E          B        A    E
I just fell in love and I couldn’t help myself

Bm             A
In that moment you knew from her eyes
C#m       F#maj    A
She don’t feel the same
Bm                   A
But oh my words were not in vain
                    C#m          F#maj
‘Cause I can always say till the day I die
     C#m           A
That I, I told her anyway
     (stop)             E
Well I’ll just tell you now

B      A       E          B        A    E
That I fell in love and I couldn’t help myself
B      A       E          B        A    E
I just fell in love and I couldn’t help myself
B      A       E          B        A    E
That I fell in love and I couldn’t help myself
B      A       E          B        A    C#m    F#maj   A   B
I just fell in love and I couldn’t help myself
E
I just fell in love

OUTRO
E  A  E  B  A  E
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