[Intro - BPM 154 - no drums] D Dsus4 D x4 (pickup x x x bS
[Verse 1 - Double snare on 'This Thing' to bring drums in] This [D+sus4] thing .... called love, ... I [G] just can't [C] handle [G/B] it,..This thing, [D+sus4] called love ... I [G] must, get [C] round to [G/B] it, I ain't [D] ready ..... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. (bssbssbsss fill + stop)
[Verse 2] This [D+sus4] thing, called love, it [G] cries, in a [C] cradle all [G/B] night, It [D+sus4] swings, it jives, it [G] shakes all over like a [C] jelly [G/B] fish, I kinda [D] like it, .... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. (bssbssbsss fill + stop)
[Bridge][#######################SCROLL############] There goes my [G] baby, she [C] knows how to rock and [G] roll, ....She drives me [Bb] crazy ................. she gives me [E7] hot and cold [A7] fever, then she [F7] leaves (stop) me in a cool, cool sweat.
[Break - keep bass drum going on 1 & 3] D5 C#5 C5 N.C. A5 G#5 G5 N.C. (stabs with snare) E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 A7 (Then descending riff - just notes not chords) (G)I (F#)gotta (E)be
[Verse 3] [D+sus4] cool, relax, get [G] hip, ... get [C] on my [G/B] tracks, take a [D+sus4] back seat, hitch-hike And [G] take a long ride on my [C] motor [G/B] bike until I'm [D] ready, .....[Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. [N.C.] (stop)
[Solo] | Bb | Bb | D G | D | | Bb | Bb | E7 A7 | F7 N.C.
[Verse 4] (no chords - just snare) I gotta be cool, relax, get hip, get on my tracks, take a back seat, hitch-hike And take a long ride on my motorbike until I'm ready, (ready Freddie) Crazy little thing called love. (bssbssbsss fill + D then stop) Bass run (G) (F#) (E)
[Verse 5 - Full drums] This thing, [D+sus4] called love, I [G] just can't [C] handle [G/B] it, This thing, [D+sus4] called love, I [G] must, get [C] round to [G/B] it, I ain't [D] ready, .... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love.
[Outro] [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love, yeah yeah (fade out, repeats another approx 8 times)
[Verse 1 - Upstrum to simulate snare roll to start and heavy muted downstrum - and keep going during verse] [Bm] Take a look at my [A6] girlfriend [Gmaj7] She's the only one I got [Bm] Not much of a [A6] girlfriend I [Gmaj7] never seem to get a lot
[F#7] Take a jumbo across the water [Bm] Like to see America [F#7] See the girls in California I'm [Em] hoping it's going to come [A] true But there's [Em] not a lot I can [A] do
[Verse 2] [Bm] Could we have kippers for [A6] breakfast [Gmaj7] Mummy dear, Mummy dear (run E 3 5) [Bm] They got to have 'em in [A6] Texas 'Cause [Gmaj7] everyone's a millionaire
[F#7] I'm a winner, I'm a sinner Do you [Bm] want my autograph [F#7] I'm a loser, what a joker I'm [Em] playing my jokes upon [A] you While there's [Em] nothing better to [A] do, hey
[Hook] [F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Bm] do da do da do [F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' do [Bm] da do da do La la [G] la, la la [Em] la, la la la [A] laaaaaaaa
[Verse 3] [Bm] Don't you look at my [A6] girlfriend, girlfriend 'Cause [Gmaj7] she's the only one I got [Bm] Not much of a [A6] girlfriend, girlfriend I [Gmaj7] never seem to get a lot - What's she got? Not a lot
[F#7] Take a jumbo across the water [Bm] Like to see America [F#7] See the girls in California I'm [Em] hoping it's going to come [A] true But there's [Em] not a lot I can [A] do, hey
[Hook] [F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Bm] do da do da do [F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Bm] do da do da do Hey [F#7] u-um, hey u-um, hey [Bm] u-um, hey u-um Hey [F#7] u-um, hey u-um, hey u- [Bm] um, hey u-um La la [G] la, la la [Em] la, la la la [A] la ............... [End]
