The Things We Do For Love Chords

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Complete chords / intermediate with split chords and suggestions for voicings / short tab for instrumental link / capo 1st fret to match original recording.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Db
Capo: 1st fret
Author maguri [tm] 59,782.
1 contributor total, last edit on Sep 17, 2022
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Chords

F#/G#
C#/G#
D#m/G#
G#m7
Am7
F
C
Em/B
D
E
Dm
Dm7/G
Am/E
C/G
Dm/C
G7/B
G7
Am
D9/F#
G
E7/G#
Fm

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                The Things We Do For Love - 10cc
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Written by: Gouldman/Stewart
From: "Deceptive Bends" (1977)
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
 
capo: 1st fret
For chords in original key transpose this chord sheet +1 (and "use flats").
 
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CHORDS/SPECIAL VOICINGS
 
 
[Intro] / [Middle 8]
          E-A-D-G-B-e
F#/G#     4-x-4-3-2-2
C#/G#     4-x-6-6-6-4
D#m/G#    4-x-4-3-4-x  or 4-x-x-3-4-2
G#m7      4-6-4-4-4-4
 
[Verse]
Am7       x-0-2-0-1-0
Em/B      x-2-2-0-0-0
Dm7/G     3-x-0-2-1-1  or 3-x-0-5-6-5
Am/E      0-2-2-2-1-0
 
[Bridge]
C/G       3-x-2-0-1-0
Dm/C      x-3-x-2-3-1
G7/B      x-2-0-0-3-1
D9/F#     2-x-0-2-1-0
E7/G#     4-x-0-4-3-0
 
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LINK (verse 1 to verse 2)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1
e|----------------|0
B|----------------|1
G|----------------|0
D|----------------|2
A|--------2-3-----|0
E|------------3-4-|
 
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[Intro]
| F#/G# | C#/G# | D#m/G# | C#/G# |
| F#/G# | C#/G# | G#m7 | % |
 
[Verse 1]
Am7                         F
Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river
C         Em/B              D
 Too many lonely souls have drifted out to sea
F                               E
 You lay your bets and then you pay the price
    Dm               C
The things we do for love
    Dm7/G            C          LINK
The things we do for love
 
[Verse 2]
Am7                  F
Communication is the problem to the answer
C                Em/B            D
  You've got her number and your hand is on the phone
F                                  Am/E      E
  The weather's turned and all the lines are down
    Dm               C
The things we do for love
    Dm7/G            C
The things we do for love
 
[Bridge]
                    C            C/G
Like walking in the rain and the snow when there's
C           C/G
 Nowhere to go when you're 
Dm             Dm/C           G7/B   G7
Feeling like a part of you is dying
           Am              C/G          F      D9/F#
And you're looking for the answer in her eyes  
    G                  E7/G#
You think you're gonna break up
         Am                Fm
Then she says she wants to make up
 
[Middle 8]
F#/G#           C#/G#
Ooh you make me love you
D#m/G#          C#/G#
Ooh you've got a way 
F#/G#          C#/G#
Ooh you had me crawling
      | G#m7 | % | % | % |
Up the wall     (oooh oooh ...)
 
[Solo] = [Verse] | Am7 | F | C Em/B | D | F | Am/E E Dm  | C Dm7/G | C (break)
 
[Bridge]
                    C            C/G
Like walking in the rain and the snow when there's
C           C/G
 Nowhere to go when you're 
Dm             Dm/C           G7/B   G7
Feeling like a part of you is dying
           Am              C/G          F      D9/F#
And you're looking for the answer in her eyes  
    G                  E7/G#
You think you're gonna break up
         Am                Fm
Then she says she wants to make up
 
[Middle 8]
F#/G#           C#/G#
Ooh you make me love you
D#m/G#          C#/G#
Ooh you've got a way 
F#/G#          C#/G#
Ooh you had me crawling
      | G#m7 | % |
Up the wall
 
[Verse 3]
Am7                        F
 A compromise would surely help the situation
C         Em/B         D
 Agree to disagree but disagree to part
F                           Am/E  E
 When after all it's just a compromise
       Dm               C
Of the things we do for love
     Dm7/G            C
(The things we do for love)
 
[Outro]
    Dm7/G            C
The things we do for love
    Dm7/G            C
(The things we do for love)
 
(repeat and fade)
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24 comments
Mats Fagergren
good old 10cc. perfect chords !
+4
a fret so
This sounds excellent, I almost forgot about this song!! [Last heard on our am radio...somewhere in the 70's] ;-) Thanks for this.
+3
silvertable668
Also on …looking for the answer in her eyes, answer might sound better with G as the base chord instead of C/G.
+1