[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)
[USE DROP D - MAKES SOLO EASIER - Intro - BPM 85 - No drums] [D][C][G] E-5-5--5s3--3--7--87-7 B-7-7--7s5--5--8--88-8 G-7-7--7s5--5--7--77-7 D-0-0-(0)-------------
(drums in) [Verse] [D] Baby, .. when I think a [G] bout you, I think about [D] luuuuu uh uh uh [G] ove. [D] Darling....couldn't live with [G] out you, and your [D] luuuuu uh uh uh [G] ove.
If I [D] had..... those golden [G] dreams, of my [D] yesterday..... [G] I would [D] wrap you....In the [G] heavens, And feel it [D] dying (dying, dying) on the [G] way
[Chorus - pattern with D - xx-D xx-D - loud on snare] (can play SSxS as hard to play heavy mute on acoustic loud enough - or BBxS) I [G] feel like making [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] Feel like [C] making [G] love to [D] you
(drum fill) [Verse] [D] Baby, .... when I think a [G] bout you, I think about [D] luuuuu uh uh uh [G] ove. [D] Darling, ..... couldn't live with [G] out you, and your [D] luuuuu uh uh uh [G] ove.
And if I [D] had,...... the sun and [G] moon, and they were [D] shi........ [G] ning I would [D] give you ...... both night and [G] day, love satis [D] fy........ [G] ing
[Chorus] I [G] feel like making [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] Feel like [C] making [G] love to [D] you
[Like Galway Girl - Instrumental - Strum chords high - play high D with low E muted] [Play low D for some notes, then low G for others - play around 7th fret area and down neck] [D][G][D][G] x 2 - see ideas for [Solo]
[Verse] And if I [D] had ......those golden [G] dreams, of my [D] yesterday...... [G] I would [D] wrap you, ..... In the [G] heavens, And feel it [D] dying (dying, dying) on the [G] way
[Chorus] I [G] feel like making [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] Feel like [C] making [G] love to [D] you
[D] x 3
I [G] feel like making [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] Feel like [C] making [G] love to [D] you x2
[End] [Solo - USING DROP D SO SOLO IN D WORKS BETTER IF HIT LOWER STRINGS - AND G IS GOOD AS WELL] (when playing D - can add lots of extra runs in Bm pentatonic) E x---X--- B 10--8--- G 7---7---- D 7---5---- A 0---5---- E 0---5---- Can also play notes whilst droning low D E X----------------------------------- mute with finger playing B string - angle finger over B 10-8-7--5--etc------------------------- G 7-----------------------------------mute with finger playing B string - angle finger over D 0----------------------------------- A 0----------------------------------- E 0-----------------------------------mute with thumb over top Can also play diads as well
