Frankie Goes To Hollywood-The Power of Love - sr - 0
[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
[Intro - BPM 140 - with Asus2 could try x07600] Chug on [D] - no drums - optional to play G before A during verse
[Verse 1 - No drums - Down stroke strumming chug] [D] I got my first real six-string [G] [A] Bought it at the five-and-dime [G] [D] Played it 'til my fingers bled [G] [A] It was the summer of '69 [G]
[Verse 2 - Bass on 1 only, snare at usual times - move to slow strum] [D] Me and some guys from school [G] [A] Had a band and we tried real hard [G] [D] Jimmy quit, Joey got married [G] [A] I shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus 1 - Full drums - BAd DoG] [Bm] Oh, when I [A] look back now [D] That summer seemed to [G] last forever [Bm] And if I [A] had the choice [D] Yeah, I'd always [G] wanna be there [Bm] Those were the [A] (stop) best days of my
[Instrumental - Up and down strumming - very open] Life [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2
[Verse 3] [D] Ain't no use in complainin' [G] [A] When you got a job to do [G] [D] Spent my evenin's down at the drive in [G] [A] And that's when I met you, yeah [G]
[Chorus 2] [Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch [D] You told me that you'd [G] wait forever [Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand [D] I knew that it was [G] now or never [Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life
[Instrumental] [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2 Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh
[Bridge] [F] Man, we were [Bb] killin' time We were [C] young and restless We [Bb] needed to unwind [F] I guess [Bb] nothin' can last for [C] ever, forever no
[Instrumental - No drums until fill on final A - just follow chords stab with snare] [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2
[Verse 4] [D] And now the times are changin' [G] [A] Look at everything that's come and gone [G] [D] Sometimes when I play that old six-string [G] [A] I think about you, wonder what went wrong
[Chorus 3] [Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch [D] You told me that it'd [G] last forever [Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand [D] I knew that it was [G] now or never [Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life
[Outro] [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x ad lib - solo out Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 uh huh/ooh etc - repeat
