Four Tops – Ill Turn To Stone (Guitar)

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(Holland-Dozier-Holland, R. Dean Taylor) 1967 Rhythm: w(down) u(up) 1 & 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 3 & 4 __ __ __ __ / / / / / / / / / / / / w u w w u w w u w w u w with the exception of the Dsus4 and D in the chorus I play a 1 & 2 & ____ / / / / w u w u Also, the G and A in the chorus are barre chords Chorus:

      Dsus4 D             F#m
If you take your love from me,

     G              A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone

        Dsus4 D                  F#m
If your love  I couldn't call my own,

     G              A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.

Verse 1:

  D              A
I need your love in every way

D                         A
Your love I cling to when things slip away.

D                         A
Without your love I'll be lost and alone.

D                        A
No reason for living, all purpose would be gone.

Em                       F#m     F#
Without you there for my eyes to behold

Bm                        E7
My life would be empty, my heart would grow cold.

Chorus:

       Dsus4 D              F#m
If you take  your love from me, 

     G              A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.

        Dsus4 D                  F#m
If your love  I couldn't call my own,

     G              A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.

Verse 2:

       D                A
When I think of love, I think of me and you.

       D                     A
When I think of happiness I think of us too.

D                         A
You're my yesterdays, and all my tomorrows,

    D                   A
The air I breathe. Everything I need.

Em                F#m         F#
If from my life you were ever gone,

    Bm              E7
I'd fall to pieces. You I depend on.

Chorus:

       Dsus4 D             F#m
If you take  your love from me, 

     G              A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.

        Dsus4 D                  F#m
If your love  I couldn't call my own,

     G              A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.

Verse 3:

D                        A
Darling without you I'll go on searching

       D                 A
With a lonely heart that won't stop hurting.

D                       A
Sorrow would be written on my face

D                  A        
All my tears would leave its trace.

Em                F#m         F#
I would be like a statue in a park

Bm                E7
Cold and alone, a man without a heart.

Chorus:

       Dsus4 D              F#m
If you take  your love from me, 

     G              A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.

        Dsus4 D                  F#m
If your love  I couldn't call my own,

     G              A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.

Fade:

Dsus4 D        F#m
Turn to stone, turn to stone

      G                   A
Just turn to stone, I'll turn to stone.

        Dsus4 D                  F#m
If your love  I couldn't call my own.

     G                   A
I'll turn to stone, just turn to stone,

     G              A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone...

String muting while strumming also does nicely God bless!