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I Love You Chords by James Arthur

I Love You chords by James Arthur

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I Love You by James Arthur: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights

Billie Eilish cover.

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

He generally seems to be playing the same pattern for the Fmaj7b5 and Cmaj7 chords in the verses:
     Fmaj7b5                              Cmaj7
e|| -------------0---------------0--- || -------------0---------------0--- ||
B|| -----0-------0-------0-------0--- || -----0-------0-------0-------0--- ||
G||.---2-------2-------2-------2-----.||.---0-------0-------0-------0-----.||
D||.-3-------3-------3-------3-------.||.---------------------------------.||
A|| --------------------------------- || -3-------3-------3-------3------- ||
E|| --------------------------------- || --------------------------------- ||
     1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a      1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a


He doesn't actually play the chords in verse 2, but the backing track continues, so I have listed the chords
for that verse too. The pattern changes for the Pre-Chorus and chorus sections, but he restarts the pattern
with the Cmaj7 chords over the oohs at the end of the chorus.
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Chords:
Fmaj7b5  xx3200
Cmaj7    x32000
F        133211
G        3x0003
F/C      x3321x
F6/C     x3323x
Am       x02210
Asus2    x02200
C        x32010
Fmaj7    1x3210

Intro:
Fmaj7b5 Cmaj7


Verse 1:
     Fmaj7b5
It's not true
                  Cmaj7
Tell me I've been lied to
             Fmaj7b5
Crying isn't like you
                 Cmaj7
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
                  Fmaj7b5
What the hell did I do?
               Cmaj7
Never been the type to
                Fmaj7b5
Let someone see right through
                 Cmaj7
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, mmm


Pre-Chorus:
F               Fmaj7b5  F
Maybe won't you take it back
    F/C            F6/C
Say you were tryna make me laugh
     G               G6
And nothing has to change today
     G7             G     Am
You didn't mean to say I love you


Chorus:
Asus2    C       Cmaj7            Fmaj7  Fmaj7b5
  I love you, ah-ah, and I don't want to
                 Cmaj7
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh


Verse 2:
   Fmaj7b5              Cmaj7
Up all night on another red-eye
                  Fmaj7b5                Cmaj7
I wish we'd never learned to fly-y-y-y-y-y
                Fmaj7b5
Maybe we should just try
                    Cmaj7
To tell ourselves a good lie
                 Fmaj7b5              Cmaj7
I didn't mean to make you cry-y-y-y-y-y, oh, yeah yeah, mmm


Pre-Chorus:
F               Fmaj7b5  F
Maybe won't you take it back
    F/C            F6/C
Say you were tryna make me laugh
     G               G6
And nothing has to change today
     G7             G     Am
You didn't mean to say I love you


Chorus:
Asus2        C       Cmaj7            F     Fmaj7b5
  Say I love you, ah-ah, and I don't want to
                 Cmaj7
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh


Bridge:
         Dm
And that smile that you gave me
     Em                 Fmaj7b5 Fmaj7 Fmaj7b5
Even when you felt like dying


Pre-Chorus:
   F             Fmaj7b5
We fall apart as it gets dark
    F/C             F6/C
I'm in your arms in Central Park
        G                 G6
There's nothing you could do or say
  G7               G       Am
I can't escape the way, I love you


Chorus:
Asus2           C     Cmaj7      F      Fmaj7b5
  I don't want to, ah-ah, but I love you
                 Cmaj7
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh


Outro:
                 Fmaj7b5
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
                 Cmaj7
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
                 Fmaj7b5
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
                 Cmaj7
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
                 Fmaj7b5
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
                 Cmaj7
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

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