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- This file is the author's own work & represents their own
- interpretation of the song. You may only use this file
- for private study, scholarship, or research.
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- Date: August 20, 2016 Transcribed by: Leonard
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- This is a faithful rendition of how
- Cat Stevens plays the song on guitar.
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- "Can This Be Love?" (Demo)
- (1970/71)
- by Cat Stevens
- from the unofficially released CD album (no label)
- 9 LIVES: SOLO DEMOS FROM MORGAN STUDIOS
- Standard tuning
- (low to high) E-A-D-G-B-E
- in 4/4 time
- INTRO
- (A4 = Asus4)
- A A4 E E7 A A4 E E7
- || / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
- VERSE 1
- A A4 E E7 A A4
- Can this be love? Is that what I have the symptoms of?
- A4 E E7 | F#m F#madd9 | D
- Can this be love giving me a ride?
- A E E7 A E
- For if this is love, yes, if this is love,
- E7 A A4 E E7
- I'm gonna need so much more, for if this is love,
- | F#m F#madd9 | D
- Promise not to hide!
- VERSE 2
- A E E7 A A4
- Can this be love? Knowing that you just won't get enough
- A4 E E7 | F#m F#madd9 | D
- Can this be love shining in my eyes?
- A E E7 A E
- For if this is love, yes, if this is love,
- E7 A A4 E E7
- I'm gonna need so much more, for if this is love,
- | F#m F#madd9 | D
- Honey, make me wise!
- VERSE 3
- A E E7 A A4
- Can this be love? All that I've been hearing so much of
- A4 E E7 | F#m F#madd9 | D
- Can this be love shining over me?
- A E E7 A E
- For if this is love, yes, if this is love,
- E7 A* A4* E [E7] A* A4*
- Let me find you every day! Don't go, never break a-way!
- E [E7] A* A4* E [E7] A* A4*
- I need to feel you all around me. Give me the chance to know you!
- VERSE 4
- E [E7] A* A4* E [E7] A* A4* E [E7] A*
- Love me, yeah,___ love me! Love me!
- (A*) A4* E [E7] A* A4* D!
- You know it's the first time_____ I've ever really loved.
- (A) A4 E [E7] A A4 D
- You know it's the first time______, so please be kind!
- Dsus2 E [E7] A* A4* E [E7] A* A4*
- Don't treat me rough, don't treat me rough! Don't treat me rough!
- E [E7] A* A4* E A* A4*
- Oh, you know, you know, you know you have to be soft,
- E [E7] A* A4*
- have to be soft. Yeah._____
- E [E7] A* A4* E [E7] A* A4* E [E7] A* A4*
- So love me! Oh, love me, love me! Love me, love me!
- E E7 A* A4* E A* A4*
- I've been a-lone and longing for someone like you to come on in.
- E E7 A* A4* E! [E7] A!
- Now that you're here I have to be sure.
- A4* E [E7] A*
- You're not gonna be missed, you're gonna be more.
- A4* E [E7] A*
- You're not gonna be missed, you're gonna be more.
- A4* E [E7] A* A4* E/G# A* A4* E/G#
- You're not gonna be missed, you're gonna be more.____________ More_______, more.________
- A* A4* E/G# A* A4* E/G# A* A4* E/G# A*!
- Yeah, more,____________ more_______, more.________ More,____________ more!_____
- VERSE 5
- (A) E E7 A A4
- Can this be love? Knowing that you just won't get enough
- A4 E E7 | F#m F#madd9 | D
- Can this be love shining over me?
- A E E7 A E
- For if this is love, yes, if this is love,
- E7 A A4 E E7
- I'm gonna need so much more, for if this is love,
- | F#m F#madd9 | Dsus5/F# E | F#m F#madd9 | Dsus5/F#
- I'm gonna let it be, I'm gonna let it be!
- E F#7
- I'm gonna let it be!____
- CHORDS
- ======
- Note: When transitioning from A to E major, Cat Stevens swiftly
- inserts an Asus4 chord. Analog to that, when switching from
- E back to A major, play a short E7 as transitional chord.
- This is indicated as such in the tablature.
- A A4(Asus4) E E7
- x02220 x02230 022100 022130
- --IMR- --IML- -MRI-- -MRIL-
- F#m F#madd9
- xx4222 xx4224
- --RIII --RIIL
- D Dsus2 Dsus5/F#
- xx0232 xx0230 xx4235
- ---IRM ---IR- --RIML
- A* A4*(Asus4*) E/G#
- x07655 x07755 xx6454
- --RMII --RLII --RIMI
- Chord fingering: T = thumb
- I = index finger
- M = middle finger
- R = ring finger
- L = little finger
- Tablature notation: h = hammer-on
- p = pull-off
- ~ = vibrato
- [ ] = natural harmonic (Harm.)
- / = legato slide (gliss) up the fret
- \ = legato slide (gliss) down the fret
- ! = accentuate part with great intensity
- d = downward stroke
- u = upward stroke
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