• Song:

    Love Reign Oer Me

  • Artist:

    The Who

Artist: The Who
Song: Love, Reign O'er Me
Album: Quadrophenia, 1973
written by Pete Townshend


Either tune down to Eb OR capo on 1 (this tabbed for dropped tuning on leads)
(on record electric tuned to Eb, acoustic capoed to 1) 

Chords:   (dropped tuning)     (capo on 1)
Ebmsus4:    022200        or   x (1)1 3 4 4
Ebmsus4/Db: 020230        or   x (4)1 3 4 4
Ebm         022000        or   x (1)1 3 4 2
Bmaj7:      x32000        or  (2)(2)4 3 4 2
Abm7:       x02013        or   4  x 4 4 4 (2/4)
Ebm/Bb:     x22000        or   x  1 1 3 4 2
F#sus4/Ab   x00213        or  (4) x 4 4 2 2
Bb/Eb       x2444x        or   x (1)1 7 6 6
Bb          x2444x        or   x  1 3 3 3 (6)
Ebm7:       020030        or   x (1)1 3 2 2

Piano intro for guitar
eb||--------------------||
Bb||---10-----10--------||
Gb||.----9------9------.||
Db||.------7------7----.||
Ab||--------------------||
Eb||--------------------||

     Ebmsus4                           Ebmsus4/Db
Only love can make it rain the way ...

     Ebmsus4                                    Ebmsus4/Db
Only love can make it rain like ...

[chorus]
    Ebm7                          Bmaj7     Abm7
    Love,             reign o'er  me
eb|-15-14-12--------------------|--------------------|
Bb|----------15-12--------------|--------------------|
Gb|----------------14-12-11-----|-9-7----------------|
Db|-----------------------------|------10-9-7--------|
Ab|-----------------------------|-------------10-9-7-|
Eb|-----------------------------|--------------------|

Ebm7             Bmaj7         Abm7        Ebm/Bb       Bbsus4  Bb  Bb7 
Love, reign o'er me    ...

Only love can bring the rain that ....

[repeat chorus]

F#     F#sus4/Ab
On the dry ....
F#            F#sus4/Ab
The nights we spent ...
F#        F#sus4/Ab      
I need to ...
   Eb         Ab/Eb       Bb/Eb     Ab/Eb
To cool....

I can't sleep and I lay and I think, ....

[repeat chorus]

[end]
Bb  | Bb7 Bbsus4 | Bb | Bb7           | Ebm
                                        Love....
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