True Love chords

by Pink ft. Lily Allen

Song Key: A Major

Time Signature: 4/4

Tempo: 96 bpm


Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e

Skill Level: Beginner 🟢

Guitar Chords: A, E, Bm, D

Arrangement Beginners Song Details
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R-H Chord Charts Chord Chart Legend
A Major Bm Bm barre chord D major E major
L-H Chord Charts Lefties Chord Chart Legend
A Major-LH Bm-LH Bm barre chord-LH D major-LH E major-LH
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True Love

Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key 
         A   E         Bm  D         A   E         Bm  D
Intro: | 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ | 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ | 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ | 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ |
Timing ... continue this pattern throughout the song ...

   A         E             Bm       D
1. Some-times I hate ev'-ry  sin-gle stu-pid word you say
   Some-times I wan-na slap you in your whole face... (Woah oh oh)
   There's no one quite like you    You push all my but-tons down
   I know life would suck with-out you (Woah oh oh)

   At the same time, I wan-na hug you
   I wan-na wrap my hands a-round your neck
   You're an ass-hole but I love you
   And you make me so mad I ask my-self
   Why I'm still here, or where could I go
   You're the only love I've e-ver known
   But I hate you, I real-ly hate you,
   So much I think it must be

        A    E       Bm   D
Chorus: True love    True love
                   A    E     Bm                  D 
        It must be true love    No-thing else can break my heart like
        A    E       Bm   D 
        True love    True love
                   A    E       Bm            D 
        It must be true love      No one else can break my heart like you
         A             E             Bm   D 
        (Yo oh oh oh ... Oh oh oh oh oh... Oh oh oh oh oh )
         A             E             Bm   D 
        (Yo oh oh oh ... Oh oh oh oh oh... Yo oh oh oh )

   A        E                Bm             D
2. Just once try to wrap your  lit-tle brain a-round my feel-ings
   Just once please try not to be so mean (Woah oh oh)
   Re-peat af-ter me now R-O-M-A-N-C-E-E-E
   Come on I'll say it slow-ly (Romance)    You can do it ba-by

   At the same time, I wan-na hug you
   I wan-na wrap my hands a-round your neck
   You're an ass-hole but I love you
   And you make me so mad I ask my-self
   Why I'm still here, or where could I go
   You're the only love I've e-ver known
   But I hate you, I real-ly hate you,
   So much I think it must be

        A    E       Bm   D 
Chorus: True love    True love

        It must be true love    No-thing else can break my heart like

        True love    True love

        It must be true love    No one else can break my heart like you

        (Yo oh oh oh ... Oh oh oh oh oh... Oh oh oh oh oh )

        (Yo oh oh oh ... Oh oh oh oh oh... Yo oh oh oh )

         A      E            Bm  D                A         E        Bm   D
         I    (I love you)     I think it must be love    (I love you)

       A           E             Bm       D
Bridge: Why do you rub me up the wrong way?
        Why do you say the things that you say?
        Some-times I won-der how we e-ver came to be
        But with-out you I'm in-com-plete... (Oh... I think it must be)

        A    E                    Bm   D 
Chorus: True love... (It must be) True love... (I think it must be)

        True love... (It must be)

        No-thing else can break my heart like

        True love... (It must be) True love... (I think it must be)

        True love... (It must be)

        And no one else can break my heart like you ... (Oh oh oh oh... )

        No one else can break my heart like you...  (Oh oh oh oh... ) 

        Like you... (Oh oh oh oh... ) 
                                              A   E    Bm   D    A
        No one else can break my heart like | you ...|        |  𝄑  |

Arrangement Details:

  • Key Signature: A Major - 3 sharps (F#, C#, G#)
  • Time Signature: 4/4 - indicates 4 quarter note beats per bar.
  • Tempo: Moderately
  • Metronome: ♩ = 96
  • Voice Range: E4 - F#6
  • Chord Types in This Arrangement:
    • Major chords: A, E, D
    • Minor chord: Bm

🎸 Beginner Guitarists:

  • The timing may be a little tricky, but make sure you follow the timing counts in the Intro and listen carefully as you play along... it will eventually fall into place.
  • The timing is a form of off-beat syncopation where the chord changes occur unexpectedly - in this case, instead of the chord changes occuring on the 1st and 3rd beats of each bar, they occur on the 1st and 2½ beat.
  • If you count each bar as | 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ | the chord changes occurs on the 'red counts' of each bar. Listen very carefully and you will notice this happening throught the song.
  • The same 2 bars of chord changes occur throughout the entire song
    ‖:  A  E  |  Bm  D  :‖
    This is considered a 4-chord turnaround which means the same 4 chords are played throughout the song in exactly the same order.
  • Bm: You’ll find an open Bm shape in the charts above — perfect for anyone still working up to barre chords.
  • The A Major chord at the end of the song is strummed and held till it fades out.

Song Details:

Album Cover
Album Cover
  • Songwriters: Alecia Moore, Greg Kurstin, Lily Allen
  • Lyrics Begin: Sometimes I hate ev'ry single stupid word you say
  • Genre: Pop
  • Featured Artists: Pink & Lilly Allen
  • Album: The Truth About Love
    Recorded: January–May 2012
    Released: September 14, 2012
  • Single:
    Recorded: 2012
    Released: June 28, 2013
    B-side: Slut Like You

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