I Want To Know What Love Is Chords

by Foreigner
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo: no capo
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Chords

Em
D
G
C
Am7
Am
C/D
D7

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Tabbed by: Fred Savard
Email: fredo_71@hotmail.com
 
Song: I Want To Know What Love Is (Jones)
Group: Foreigner
Album: Agent Provocateur
Year: 1985
 
 
[Intro]
 
| Em ' ' D | G ' ' ' | C ' | Em ' ' ' | Em ' ' ' |
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Em                    D        G           C                    Em
   I've gotta take a little time, a little time to think things over.
Em                 D            G             C                Em
   I better read between the lines, in case I need it when I'm older.
 
Em                      D        G       C               Em
   Now, this mountain I must climb feels like the world upon my shoulders.
Em                      D      G                     C            Em
   Through the clouds I see love shine.  It keeps me warm as life grows colder.
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
      Am7               D             Am
In my life there's been heartache and pain.
Am7                   D       Am
I don't know if I can face it again.
Am7                      D          Am       C      G    Am     C/D
   Can't stop now.  I've travelled so far to change this lonely life.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G                   Em    D   *1* Am            Em    D    *1*
  I wanna know what love is.         I want you to show me.
G                   Em    D   *1* Am            Em     D     D7   Em   *2*
  I wanna feel what love is.         I know you can show me.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Em                   D        G           C             Em
   I'm gonna take a little time, a little time to look around me.
Em             D            G                    C                Em
   I've got nowhere left to hide.  It looks like love has finally found me.
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
      Am7               D             Am
In my life there's been heartache and pain.
Am7                     D       Am
I don't know if I could face it again.
Am7                      D          Am       C      G    Am     C/D
   Can't stop now.  I've travelled so far to change this lonely life.
 
 
[Chorus] (x5)
 
G                   Em    D   *1* Am            Em    D    *1*
  I wanna know what love is.         I want you to show me.
G                   Em    D   *1* Am            Em     D
  I wanna feel what love is.         I know you can show me.
 
 
*1*
e|----------------|
B|----------3---0-|
G|------------2---|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
 
*2*
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|--------------0-|
D|----------0-2---|
A|--------2-------|
E|----------------|
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21 comments
jparsons37
Actually just a bit different for me. I played it a half step down. And it sounds in tune with the song almost perfectly. I could be wrong. But try it out, let me know what you think.
+11
incubosity
Tuning is 1/2 step down. Why he didn't put this...who knows?
+2
Globe199
C/A is the same thing as Am7. Better to use that notation.
+1