Frankie Goes To Hollywood-The Power of Love - BPM - 169
[Intro - Capo 1 for original key - BPM 62] [Em] I'll protect you from the hooded claw [Em11(020202)] Keep the vampires from your door [Em][Em11]
[Verse 1 - No drums] [Em] Ay....ay eh [C] ay eh ay Feels like fi [Em] ire,I'm so in [C] love with you [Em] Dreams are like angels,They [C] keep bad at bay, bad at bay [Bm] Love is the light,Scaring [C] darkness away, yeah--- [Em] eeeah I'm so in love with [C] you,Purge the soul, [Bm][Bm]Make [Bm]love [C]your goal [D]
[Chorus - Just bass drum with chord emphasis for snare] [Em] The power of [C] love,A force from a [Bm] bove,Cleaning my [C] soul [D] Flame on burn desire [C] ,Love with tongues of fire [D] Purge the soul.....[C]Make [C]love your goal
[Verse 2 - Slap snare] [Em] I'll protect you from the [C] hooded claw, Keep the vampires from your [Bm] door When the chips are down, I'll [C] be around,With my undying, [Em] death-defying Love for you [C] Envy will hurt itself, [Bm] Let yourself be beautiful [C] Spark a ling love, flowers and [D] pearls and [Em] pretty girls Love is like an energy, [C] Rushing, rushing in [Bm] side of me, Hey [C][D]
[Chorus 2 - Full drums] [Em] The power of [C] love,A force from a [Bm] bove,Cleaning my [C] soul [D] Flame on burn desire [C] ,Love with tongues of fire [D] Purge the soul, [C]Make [C]love your goal
[Link-hold Em] [Em][Em][Em][Em]
[Verse 3 - Finger picking and light drums] [C] This time, we go sublime, [Bm7] Lovers entwine, divine, divine Love is [Am7] danger, love is pleasure, [Bm7] Love is pure, the only treasure [Em] I'm so in [C] love with you, Purge the soul ... [Bm7][Bm7]Make [Bm7]love your [C] goal
[Vamp on C - big build - lots of fills] [C]
[Chorus 3] [Em] The power of [C] love,A force from [Bm] above,Cleaning my [C] soul [D] The power [G/B] of [C] love,A force from [D] above,a sky-scraping [C] dove [Em] Flame on burn de [C] sire,Love with tongues of [Em] fire [Em] Purge the soul, [C]Make [C]love your [Em] goal [Em11][Em]
[Fade Out] [Em] I'll protect you from the hooded claw [Em11] Keep the vampires from your door
[Strummy Riff version] Am D E 0-0-0-0-0------------------- B 5-5-5-1-1-7---7---7-7-7-8-10 G 5-5-5-2-2-7---7---7--------- D x-x-x-x-x-7---7---7--------- A 0-0-0-0-0-0---0------------- D ----------0---0-------------
G C G/B (Gmaj7/B second time - x20002 E 3--------x-x---x---0-- B x----3---5-5---3-3--3- G 0------4-5-5---0------ D x--------5-5---X------ A x--------3-3---2------ D 5---------------------
(Repeat - second time just strum final chords)
[Verse 1] [Am] Talking away [D] , [G] I don't know what [C] I'm to [G/B] say I'll [Am] say it anywa [D] y, to [G] day's another [C] day to [G/B] find you [Am] Shyin' a [D] way, [Em] I'll be coming for your [C] love, OK?
[Chorus] [G] Take [D/F#] on m [Em] e ( [C] take on me) [G] Take [D/F#] me o [Em] n ( [C] take on me) [G] I'll [D/F#] be g [Em] one [C] in a day or [G] tw [D] o - [C/E] ----- [D] ----
[Verse 2] So, [Am] needless to say [D] I'm [G] odds and ends, [C] but I'll [G/B] be [Am] stumbling a [D] wake [G] slowly learning that [C] life is O [G/B] K [Am] Say after me [D] , [Em] it's no better to be [C] safe than sorry
[Chorus] [G] Take [D/F#] on m [Em] e ( [C] take on me) [G] Take [D/F#] me o [Em] n ( [C] take on me) [G] I'll [D/F#] be g [Em] one [C] in a day or [G] tw [D] o-- [C/E] ----- [D] ----
[Instrumental - NEED TO CHECK THIS BIT] Am F Am F Am D
[Middle Riff] Am D Am D Am D G C G/B Am D C/E Dsus2 D
[Verse 3] Oh, the [Am] things that you sa [D] y, yeah, [G] is it life or [C] just to [G/B] play My [Am] worries awa [D] y, you're [G] all the things I've [C] got to re [G/B] member [Am] You are shying a [D] way, [Em] I'll be coming for [C] you anyway
[Chorus] [G] Take [D/F#] on m [Em] e ( [C] take on me) [G] Take [D/F#] me o [Em] n ( [C] take on me) [G] I'll [D/F#] be g [Em] one [C] G D/F# Em C [In][a] T [day] ake on me (take on me)
[G] Take [D/F#] me o [Em] n ( [C] take on me) [G] I'll [D/F#] be g [Em] one [C] (take on me) G D/F# Em C [In][a] T [day] ake me on
(Fade out) G D/F# Em C ...
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