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Madness - It Must Be Love Chords

Chord reference Am, Am7, G, C, D, Em, Dm, E7, Bm7
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am]I never [Am7]thought I’d miss you [Am]half as [Am7]much as I [G]do [C] [G] [C] [D] [Am]And I never [Am7]thought I’d feel this [Am]way, the way I [Am7]feel about [G]you [C] [G] [C] [D]

[Em]As soon as I [A7]wake up [Dm]every night [E7]every day [Am]I know that it’s [C]you I need to [D]take the blues away [D7]

[G]It must be [Bm7]love, love, [C]love [D] [G]It must be [Bm7]love, love, [C]love [D] [Am]nothing more, [Bm7]nothing less, [C]love is the best

[Am]How can it [Am7]be that we can [Am]say so [Am7]mucH Without [G]words [Gsus4] [G] [Am]Bless you and [Am7]bless me [Am]Bless the [Am7]bees And the [G]birds [Gsus4] [G] [Em]I’ve got to be [A7]near you [Dm]every night [E7]every day [Am]I couldn’t be [C]happy [D]Any other way [D7]

[G]It must be [Bm7]love, love, [C]love [D] [G]It must be [Bm7]love, love, [C]love [D] [Am]nothing more, [Bm7]nothing less, [C]love is the best

[Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4]

[Em]As soon as I [A7]wake up [Dm]every night [E7]every day [Am]I know that it’s [C]you I need to [D]take the blues away [D7] [G]It must be [Bm7]love, love, [C]love [D] [G]It must be [Bm7]love, love, [C]love

[C] [D] [Em]

[G]It must be [Bm7]love, love, [C]love [D] [G]It must be [Bm7]love, love, [C]love [D] [G]It must be [Bm7]love, love, [C]love [D]

Artist Madness
Album 7
Genres Pop
Year 1981
Key Am

How to Play It Must Be Love Chords on Guitar?

Madness - It Must Be Love Chords can be played in the key of Am using the Am, Am7, G, C, D, Em, Dm, E7, Bm7 chords.

  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For Am7, To play Am7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
  • For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G.
  • For Bm7, To play Bm7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, let A, D, B ring open, mute G, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play It Must Be Love Chords with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.