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I Want To Know What Love Is

Foreigner
Versions3TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
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 Key: ,  Time: 2/4, Tempo: 78
 
 
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   (I've) gotta take a little  time,  a little
  time  to think things over__
   I better read be-tween  the lines,  in case I
  need  it when I'm older
  Oh______ oh____  oh____
   Now this mountain I  must climb  feels
  like  the world up-on  my shoul-ders
   Through the clouds I  see love  shine, It keeps
  me  warm as life grows  colder, In my
  life  there's been heartache  and pain
  I don't know if I can face it a-gain
  Can't stop now I've travelled so far, To
  change this lone-ly life______________
   I want to know what love  is____
   I want you to  show___  me
   I want to feel what love  is____
   I know you can  show___  me_________________ Ah__
  Oh___
]
 I'm gonna take a little time
 A little time to look around me
 I've got nowhere left to hide
 It looks like love has finally found me, In my
 (repeat & fade)

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Readable chord sheet for I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner

Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)

Key: [Ebm], Time: 2/4, Tempo: 78

 [Ebm]        [C#] [F#]
 [B]      [Ebm]                      [C#]

[Verse [A]]
 [Ebm]   (I've) gotta take a [C#]little time,[F#]          a little
 [B]time to think things [Ebm]over__

 [Ebm]   I better read be-[C#]tween the lines,[F#]           in case I
 [B]need it when I'm [Ebm]older

 [C#6]Oh______  [Ebm]oh____ oh____

 [Ebm]   Now this mountain [C#]I must [F#]climb       feels
 [B]like the world up-[Ebm]on my shoul-ders

 [Ebm]   Through the clouds [C#]I see [F#]love shine, It keeps
 [B]me warm as life [Ebm]grows colder,             In my

  [Abm7]life     [Abm]       there's been  [C#]hea[Ab]rtache and [Abm]pain
  I don't  know   if  I   can   face          it a-gain
     Can't stop now        I've travelled     so   far, To
 [B]change [F#]thi[Bb]s   [Abm]lone-[F#]ly [B/C#]life______________

 [F#]  I want to know what [Ebm]love is_[C#]___
 [Abm]       I want you [Ebm]to  show_[C#]__ me
 [F#]  I want to feel what [Ebm]love is_[C#]___
 [Abm]       I know you [Ebm]can show_[C#]__ me_________________ Ah__

 [Ebm]Oh___

[Verse [B2]]
I'm gonna take a little time
A little time to look around me
I've got nowhere left to hide
It looks like love has finally found me, In my

(repeat & fade)

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