Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is (Guitar Intro Tab)
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Chords
tablature. For what it's worth, I don't think one single guitar was used in the production of this song,
but if you like to play along and not miss parts, here you have it.
[Intro]
e|-------|-1---0---|-----| B|-------|---3---1-|-----| G|-------|---------|-3-2-| D|-7-5-7-|---------|-----| A|-------|---------|-----| E|-------|---------|-----|
[Verse]
F Bb Dm
I gotta take a little time, a little time to think things over
C (one strum) F Bb Dm (music swells)
I better read between the lines, in case I need it when I'm older
e|-----1---| |------1---| B|-------3-| |--------3-| G|---2-----| (play before "Now this mountain...") |---2------| (play after "upon my shoulders...") D|-3-------| |-3--------| A|---------| |----------| E|---------| |----------|
C (one strum)F Bb Dm
Now this mountain I must climb, feels like the world upon my shoulders
e|-1---0---|
B|---3---1-|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|---------|C (one strum) F Bb Dm
Through the clouds I see love shine, it keeps me warm as life grows colder
G C G
In my life there's been heartache and pain
G C G |--------------------| (If you don't like
I don't know if I can face it again |--------------------| too much chord
G C G F A A# A C |---2-3-2------------| switching, you can
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far, to change this lone-ly life |-3-------3----------| also just play
|-----------3s5-5b-3-| this bit.)
|--------------------|
[Chorus] (Hit the (Dm) if you like; I think it plays cleaner if you just go straight to C)
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|---------|
F (Dm) C |-5---2-3-|
I want to know what love is, |---5-----|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
G C |-5---2---|
I want you to show me |---5---4-|
|---------|
|---------|F (Dm) C
I want to feel what love is, (same as above)
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G C |-5---2-3-2-0---|
I know you can show me |---5---------3-|
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|---------------|[Verse]
e|-------1---| B|-----3---3-| G|---2-------| (prior to vocals then again after "...look around me") D|-3---------| A|-----------| E|-----------|
F C Dm
I'm gonna take a little time, a little time to look around me
|-1---0---|
|---3---1-|
F |---------| C Dm
I've got nowhere left to hide, |---------| it looks like love has finally found me (play the interlude to
|---------| the left again after
|---------| this line ends)G C G
In my life there's been heartache and pain
G C G
I don't know if I can face it again
G C G F A A# A C
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far, to change this lonely life
[Chorus] (Hit the (Dm) if you like; I think it plays cleaner if you just go straight to C)
|---------|
|---------|
F (Dm) C |-5---2-3-|
I want to know what love is, |---5-----|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
G C |-5---2---|
I want you to show me |---5---4-|
|---------|
|---------|F (Dm) C
I want to feel what love is, (same as above)
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G C |-5---2-3-2-0---|
I know you can show me |---5---------3-|
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|---------------|The ensuing outro is a repetition of the above chords and interludes from the chorus. There isn't really
a "solo" so to speak at any point.
Legend:
s - slide up
b - bend up