Tabs
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Key: 
F#F#
Difficulty: Novice
CAPO 1. This tab includes all the keyboard/synthesizer interludes when they occur within the standard chorded
tablature. For what it's worth, I don't think one single guitar was used in the production of this song,
but if you like to play along and not miss parts, here you have it.
Intro:
e|-------|-1---0---|-----|
BB|-------|---3---1-|-----|
G+G|-------|---------|-3-2-|
D MajorD|-7-5-7-|---------|-----|
A augmentedA|-------|---------|-----|
E MajorE|-------|---------|-----|
Verse:
FF 
Bb majorBb 
DmDm
I gotta take a little time, a little time to think things over
C majorC (one strum) FF Bb majorBb DmDm (music swells)
I better read between the lines, in case I need it when I'm older
e|-----1---| |------1---|
BB|-------3-| |--------3-|
G+G|---2-----| (play before "Now this mountain...") |---2------| (play after "upon my shoulders...")
D MajorD|-3-------| |-3--------|
A augmentedA|---------| |----------|
E MajorE|---------| |----------|
C majorC (one strum)F Bb majorBb DmDm
Now this mountain I must climb, feels like the world upon my shoulders
e|-1---0---|
BB|---3---1-|
G+G|---------|
D MajorD|---------|
A augmentedA|---------|
E MajorE|---------|
C majorC (one strum) FF Bb majorBb DmDm
Through the clouds I see love shine, it keeps me warm as life grows colder
G+G C majorC G+G
In my life there's been heartache and pain
G+G C majorC G+G |--------------------| (If you don't like
I don't know if I can face it again |--------------------| too much chord
G+G C majorC G+G FF A augmentedA 
A#A# A augmentedA C majorC |---2-3-2------------| switching, you can
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far, to change this lone-ly life |-3-------3----------| also just play
|-----------3s5-5b-3-| this bit.)
|--------------------|
Chorus: (Hit the (DmDm) if you like; I think it plays cleaner if you just go straight to C majorC)
|---------|
|---------|
FF (DmDm) C majorC |-5---2-3-|
I want to know what love is, |---5-----|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
G+G C majorC |-5---2---|
I want you to show me |---5---4-|
|---------|
|---------|
FF (DmDm) C majorC
I want to feel what love is, (same as above)
|---------------|
|---------------|
G+G C majorC |-5---2-3-2-0---|
I know you can show me |---5---------3-|
|---------------|
|---------------|
Verse:
e|-------1---|
BB|-----3---3-|
G+G|---2-------| (prior to vocals then again after "...look around me")
D MajorD|-3---------|
A augmentedA|-----------|
E MajorE|-----------|
FF C majorC DmDm
I'm gonna take a little time, a little time to look around me
|-1---0---|
|---3---1-|
FF |---------| C majorC DmDm
I've got nowhere left to hide, |---------| it looks like love has finally found me (play the interlude to
|---------| the left again after
|---------| this line ends)
G+G C majorC G+G
In my life there's been heartache and pain
G+G C majorC G+G
I don't know if I can face it again
G+G C majorC G+G FF A augmentedA A#A# A augmentedA C majorC
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far, to change this lonely life
Chorus: (Hit the (DmDm) if you like; I think it plays cleaner if you just go straight to C majorC)
|---------|
|---------|
FF (DmDm) C majorC |-5---2-3-|
I want to know what love is, |---5-----|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
G+G C majorC |-5---2---|
I want you to show me |---5---4-|
|---------|
|---------|
FF (DmDm) C majorC
I want to feel what love is, (same as above)
|---------------|
|---------------|
G+G C majorC |-5---2-3-2-0---|
I know you can show me |---5---------3-|
|---------------|
|---------------|
The ensuing outro is a repetition of the above chords and interludes from the chorus. There isn't really
a "solo" so to speak at any point.
🏷Legend:
s - slide up
b - bend up
Other versions of I Want To Know What Love Is
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for I want to know what love is (Ver. 2) by Foreigner
