I Want To Know What Love Is tab by Foreigner

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: 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---|-----|
B|-------|---3---1-|-----|
G|-------|---------|-3-2-|
D|-7-5-7-|---------|-----|
A|-------|---------|-----|
E|-------|---------|-----|

Verse:

                      F              Bb                   Dm
I gotta take a little time, a little time to think things over
              C (one strum)   F            Bb               Dm    (music swells)
I better read between the lines, in case I need it when I'm older

e|-----1---|                                                 |------1---|
B|-------3-|                                                 |--------3-|
G|---2-----| (play before "Now this mountain...")            |---2------| (play after "upon my shoulders...")
D|-3-------|                                                 |-3--------|
A|---------|                                                 |----------|
E|---------|                                                 |----------|

                  C (one strum)F               Bb            Dm
Now this mountain I must climb, feels like the world upon my shoulders

                          e|-1---0---|
                          B|---3---1-|
                          G|---------|
                          D|---------|
                          A|---------|
                          E|---------|

                   C (one strum)   F             Bb                 Dm
Through the clouds I see love shine, it keeps me warm as life grows colder
      G                 C             G
In my life there's been heartache and pain
        G             C       G                                   |--------------------| (If you don't like
I don't know if I can face it again                               |--------------------|  too much chord
G                    C           G       F      A    A#   A  C    |---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 (Dm) if you like; I think it plays cleaner if you just go straight to C)

                             |---------|
                             |---------|
F                   (Dm)  C  |-5---2-3-|
I want to know what love is, |---5-----|
                             |---------|
                             |---------|

                      |---------|
                      |---------|
G             C       |-5---2---|
I want you to show me |---5---4-|
                      |---------|
                      |---------|

F                   (Dm)  C
I want to feel what love is, (same as above)

                       |---------------|
                       |---------------|
G              C       |-5---2-3-2-0---|
I know you can show me |---5---------3-|
                       |---------------|
                       |---------------|

Verse:

e|-------1---|
B|-----3---3-|
G|---2-------| (prior to vocals then again after "...look around me")
D|-3---------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|

                        F              C                   Dm
I'm gonna take a little time, a little time to look around me

                               |-1---0---|
                               |---3---1-|
                         F     |---------|               C                      Dm
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                 C             G
In my life there's been heartache and pain
        G             C       G
I don't know if I can face it again
G                    C           G       F      A    A#   A  C
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far, to change this lonely life

Chorus: (Hit the (Dm) if you like; I think it plays cleaner if you just go straight to C)

                             |---------|
                             |---------|
F                   (Dm)  C  |-5---2-3-|
I want to know what love is, |---5-----|
                             |---------|
                             |---------|

                      |---------|
                      |---------|
G             C       |-5---2---|
I want you to show me |---5---4-|
                      |---------|
                      |---------|

F                   (Dm)  C
I want to feel what love is, (same as above)

                       |---------------|
                       |---------------|
G              C       |-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