"And I Love You So"
Composed and Sung by Don McLean 1973
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I play with capo on 5th fret and pick each chord in style of riffs, then gently strum the chorus
and riff on G and Am
Intro
G
e ----3-----------------3------
b ----3--1--3--1--0-----3---1-3
g --0------------------0-------
D -----------------------------
A 2----------------------------
E 3------------------3----3----
Riff1 Riff2
G Am
e ----3------------- -----0----0-0-----------0--
b ----3--1--3--1--0- -----1----0-1-----------1--
g --0--------------- ----2--------2--0--2--2----
D ------------------ ---------------------------
A 2----------------- --0-----0-----------0------
E 3----------------- ---------------------------
Intro:
G (play riff 1)
G Am (riff2)
And I love you so.
G (riff1) - Em
The people ask me how,
Am (riff2) - C
How I've lived till now.
D - G
I tell them I don't know.
Am (riff2)
I guess they understand
G (riff1) - Em
How lonely life has been.
Am (riff2) - C
But life began again
G (riff1) (down to f# on bass)
The day you took my hand.
G Bm Am Am7
And, yes, I know how lonely life can be.
C D G (riff on b string 3-1-0) then descend bass (e string 3,2)
The shadows follow me, and the night won't set me free.
Em Bm Am Am7
But I don't let the evening get me down
D D7 G
Now that you're around me.
intro riff
G Am
And you love me, too.
G - Em
Your thoughts are just for me;
Am - C
You set my spirit free.
D - G
I'm happy that you do.
Am
The book of life is brief
G - Em
And once A page is read,
Am - C
All but love is dead.
G - G(sus4)- G
That is my belief.
G Bm Am Am7
And, yes, I know how loveless life can be.
D D7 G
The shadows follow me, and the night won't set me free.
Em Bm Am Am7
But I don't let the evening bring me down
D - D7 G
Now that you're around me.
G Am
And I love you so.
G - Em
The people ask me how,
Am - C
How I've lived till now.
D/G
I tell them I don't know.
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