The Loveliest Thing chords by Paul McCartney

Chords with lyrics

____Verse: 1

  E MajorE       Abm7Abm7     C#m7C#m7        A augmentedA E/G#
 To me you are the loveliest thing I've seen all day
   F#m7F#m7    B7B7   E MajorE Abm7Abm7  F#m7F#m7    B7B7   E MajorE
 You can't take that away, no, you can't take that away
 E MajorE       Abm7Abm7      C#m7C#m7        A augmentedA E/G#
 All my life, I wondered why it couldn't be this way
     F#m7F#m7 B7B7  E MajorE  Abm7Abm7  F#m7F#m7  B7B7    E MajorE
 That was up until today, oh, it had to be this way

____Bridge: 1

   E minor 7Em7 Gmaj7Gmaj7   C6C6      A minorAm   D MajorD  D7/F#D7/F#
 Today,________wait until the morning comes_________
       G+G   B7B7
 before you slip away,
E minorEm  D6D6   Cmaj7Cmaj7  E minorEm  D6D6   Cmaj7Cmaj7
 without permission, without suspicion,
E minorEm  D6D6   Cmaj7Cmaj7   B7B7
 without permission gi___ven

____Verse: 2

   E MajorE       Abm7Abm7     C#m7C#m7        A augmentedA E/G#
 You seem to have a friendlier smile than all the rest
    F#m7F#m7    B7B7     E MajorE Abm7Abm7    F#m7F#m7    B7B7    E MajorE
 Well I looked and you were best, yeah, I've looked at all the rest
 E MajorE       Abm7Abm7     C#m7C#m7        A augmentedA E/G#
 Can't imagine passionate words that I would say
  F#m7F#m7  B7B7    E MajorE   Abm7Abm7   F#m7F#m7   B7B7   E MajorE
 If on__ly you would stay, oh, you know you gotta stay

____Bridge: 2

   E minor 7Em7 Gmaj7Gmaj7   C6C6      A minorAm   D MajorD  D7/F#D7/F#
 Today,________wait until the morning comes_________
       G+G   B7B7
 before you slip away,
E minorEm  D6D6   Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm  D6D6  Cmaj7Cmaj7
 Without permission, abo__ve suspicion,
E minorEm  D6D6   Cmaj7Cmaj7  B7B7
 without permission gi___ven

____Middle Eight:

       Cmaj7Cmaj7     D6D6
 You used to be an early bird
       E minorEm   Fmaj7Fmaj7
 But how was I to know
           E minorEm      Gmaj7Gmaj7   D6D6
 you would leave without shedding a tear_____
    Cmaj7Cmaj7      D6D6
 I only want to love you
         E minorEm      Fmaj7Fmaj7   F#m7F#m7        B7B7
 I'll make a wish and suddenly I'm glad that I have you here_____
      F#m7F#m7       B7B7
 Oh, I'm glad I have you here_____
          E minor 7Em7
____Guitar solo: today_____

 Gmaj7Gmaj7 C6C6 A minorAm D MajorD D7/F#D7/F# G+G B7B7
 E minorEm D6D6 Cmaj7Cmaj7
 E minorEm D6D6 Cmaj7Cmaj7
 E minorEm D6D6 Cmaj7Cmaj7 B7B7

____Verse: 1 (Repeated)

  E MajorE       Abm7Abm7     C#m7C#m7        A augmentedA E/G#
 To me you are the loveliest thing I've seen all day
   F#m7F#m7    B7B7   E MajorE Abm7Abm7  F#m7F#m7    B7B7   E MajorE
 You can't take that away, no, you can't take that away
 E MajorE       Abm7Abm7      C#m7C#m7        A augmentedA E/G#
 All my life, I wondered why it couldn't be this way
     F#m7F#m7 B7B7  E MajorE  Abm7Abm7   F#m7F#m7  B7B7    E MajorE
 That was up until today, yeah, it had to be this way

____Bridge: 3

   E minor 7Em7 Gmaj7Gmaj7   C6C6      A minorAm   D MajorD  D7/F#D7/F#
 Today,________wait until the morning comes_________
       G+G   B7B7
 before you slip away,
   E minor 7Em7 Gmaj7Gmaj7 C6C6  A minorAm  D MajorD  D7/F#D7/F#
 Today,________Ohh___________________
       G+G   B7B7
 before you slip away,

____Coda:

E minorEm  D6D6   Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm  D6D6  Cmaj7Cmaj7
 Without permission, abo__ve suspicion,
E minorEm  D6D6   Cmaj7Cmaj7  B7B7
 without permission gi___ven to ya'
 E minorEm   B7B7  E MajorE