Perfect Lovesong chords by The Divine Comedy

Chords with lyrics

"Perfect Lovesong" by The Divine
Comedy

Written by Neil Hannon

Track 3 on "Regeneration"


Transcribed by Robert Brighton


Play it with swing!

I'm sure the track is in Eb MajorEb (N.B. key change to E MajorE after 2nd chorus),
but

played in C majorC with a capo on fret 3, as below.


Chords used:


  C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7  C7C7   A7A7   FF    G7G7   D7D7   G+G


E--0-----0------0-------0-------1-------1-------2-------3-

B--1-----0------1-------2-------1-------0-------1-------0-

G--0-----0------3-------0-------2-------0-------2-------0-

D--2-----2------2-------2-------3-------0-------0-------0-

A--3-----3------3-------0-------3-------2---------------2-

E-------------------------------1-------3---------------3-


  Dm7Dm7  A minorAm    E minor 7Em7  B minorBm   AbAb


E--1-----0-------0-------2-------4-

B--1-----1-------0-------3-------4-

G--2-----2-------0-------4-------5-

D--0-----2-------0-------4-------6-

A--------0-------2-------2-------6-

E----------------0---------------4-

Following key change:


  C#C# C#Maj7C#maj7  C#7C#7   Bb7Bb7   F#F#   Ab7Ab7   Eb7Eb7  AbAb


E--4-----4------4-------1-------2-------4-------6-------4-

B--6-----6------6-------3-------2-------4-------8-------4-

G--6-----5------4-------1-------3-------5-------6-------5-

D--6-----6------6-------3-------4-------4-------8-------6-

A--4-----4------4-------1-------4-------6-------6-------6-

E-------------------------------2-------4---------------4-




Verse:


C majorC      Cmaj7Cmaj7    C7C7  A7A7      FF    G7G7


Give...   love...   give you...    perfect lovesong...


C majorC      Cmaj7Cmaj7    C7C7  A7A7      FF      G7G7    C majorC


With...   di-vine... bass-line...   big old   Beach... sound


FF      C majorC      FF         C majorC


match...  pound...  heavyweights...  final...


FF      D7D7     G+G      C majorC   Cmaj7Cmaj7


hold...   other...  don't...  down...




Chorus


C7C7     Dm7Dm7  A minorAm     E minor 7Em7


Maybe    now  you can   see...


B minorBm     A minorAm  FF      G+G      (1st time)

               G+G   AbAb  (2nd time)


Just what  you.. mean to   me...




Final verse


C#C#     C#Maj7C#maj7   C#7C#7 Bb7Bb7  F#F#   Ab7Ab7


Give...   love...   give you... perfect lovesong...


C#C#     C#Maj7C#maj7   C#7C#7 Bb7Bb7  F#F#  Ab7Ab7    C#C#


give...   word...   true to me always come...  may...


F#F#     C#C#     F#F#     C#C#


for-ever... day...   matter...  people...


F#F#     Eb7Eb7     AbAb     C#C#  F#F#


hold...   other...  old and   grey...


                  C#C#  F#F#


              old and grey...


                  C#C#


              old and grey.

Song sequence:


Verse 1

Verse 2

Chorus

Middle eight (same as verse)

Chorus (key change at end)

Verse 3