20 Chords used in the song: F, Bb, C, C7sus4, Am, Gm, D, G, A, Bm, Bbm, F#m, D7, Eb, Ab, Cm7, B, Db, E, Cm
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# SEE NEW VERSION IN ORIGINAL KEY
# INTRO
# F / Bb / C / F / Bb / C7sus4 / C / F
# [VERSE 1]
F Am Bb C7sus4
Sometimes we make it harder than it is
F Am Bb
We'll take a perfect night
C F Bb
And fill it up with words we don't mean
F Bb
Dark side’s best unseen
Gm C C7sus4
And we wonder why we're feeling this way
# [VERSE 2]
F Am Bb
Sometimes I wonder if we really
C7sus4
feel the same
F Am Bb
Why we can be unkind
C C7sus4 F Bb
Questioning the strongest of hearts
Am Bb
That's when we must start
Gm Am
Believing in the one thing that has
Bb C C7sus4
gotten us this far
# [CHORUS 1]
D G A
That's what love is for
Bm A
To help us through it
D G A
That's what love is for
Bm A
Nothing else can do it
Bm A
Melt our defenses
Bm A
Bring us back to our senses
Bb C
Give us strength to try once more
Bbm C D # See notes below
Baby, that's what love is for
# [BRIEF INSTRUMENTAL TRANSITION]
# D / F#m / D / Bm
# [VERSE 3)
F Am
Sometimes I see you
Bb C7sus4
And you don't know I am there
F Am Bb C C7sus4
And I'm washed away by emotions
F Bb
I hold deep down inside
Am Bb
Getting stronger with time
Gm Am
It's living through the fire
Bb C C7sus4
And holding on we find
# [CHORUS 1]
G D A
That's what love is for
Bm A
To help us through it
D G A
That's what love is for
Bm A
Nothing else can do it
Bm A
Melt our defenses
Bm A
Bring us back to our senses
Bb C
Give us strength to try once more
Bm C D *[SEE NOTES BELOW]
Baby, that's what love is for
# [CHORDS FOR SOLO GTR BRIDGE]
# F#m / G / Bm / D / F#m / G
# Bb / F / Am / Bb / Gm
# [FINAL CHORUS 2]
Gm Am
Believing in the one thing
Bb C / D7
That has gotten us this far
Eb Ab Bb
That's what love is for
Cm7 Bb
To help us through it
Eb Ab Bb
That's what love is for
Cm7 Bb
Nothing else can do it
Cm7 Bb
Round off the ledges
Cm7 Bb
Talk us down from the ledges
B Db
Give us strength to try once more
Bm Db E * [See notes]
Baby, that's what love is for
Eb Ab Bb
That's what love is for
# (That's what love is for...)
Eb Ab Bb
(That's what love is for
Cm7 Bb
Melt our defenses
Cm7 Bb
Bring us back to our senses
B Db
Give us strength to try once more
Bm Db E # [See notes]
Baby, that's what love is for
Cm Bb
# (That's what love is for)
Eb Ab Bb
That's what love is for
Cm Bb
# (Nothing else can do it)
Eb Ab Bb
That's what love is for
Cm Bb
(That’s what love is for)
# Slower:
B Db
Give us strength to try once more
Bm Db Eb # [See notes]
Baby, that’s what love is for
# NOTE - For each time “Baby, that’s what love is for” appears in the final
# line of each chorus, I used the C, Db, D, Eb, E, etc at 3rd to 6th frets,
# not the first position chords, giving a nice upper strings voicing.
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About this song: That's What Love Is For
"That's What Love Is For" peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart in the Autumn of 1991. Read more on Last.fm.