Ill Turn To Stone chords by Four Tops

Chords with lyrics

"I'll Turn to Stone" by the Four Tops
(Holland-Dozier-Holland, R. Dean Taylor)
1967

Rhythm: w(down) u(up)
 1 & 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 3 & 4
  __   __   __   __
 / / / / / / / / / / / /
 w u w w u w w u w w u w

with the exception of the Dsus4Dsus4 and D MajorD in the chorus
I play a 1 & 2 &
       ____
     / / / /
     w u w u

Also, the G+G and A augmentedA in the chorus are barre chords

Chorus:
   Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD       F# minorF#m
If you take your love from me,
   G+G       A augmentedA
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone
    Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD         F# minorF#m
If your love I couldn't call my own,
   G+G       A augmentedA
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.

Verse 1:
 D MajorD       A augmentedA
I need your love in every way
D MajorD             A augmentedA
Your love I cling to when things slip away.
D MajorD             A augmentedA
Without your love I'll be lost and alone.
D MajorD            A augmentedA
No reason for living, all purpose would be gone.
E minorEm            F# minorF#m   F#F#
Without you there for my eyes to behold
B minorBm            E7E7
My life would be empty, my heart would grow cold.

Chorus:
    Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD       F# minorF#m
If you take your love from me,
   G+G       A augmentedA
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
    Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD         F# minorF#m
If your love I couldn't call my own,
   G+G       A augmentedA
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.

Verse 2:
    D MajorD        A augmentedA
When I think of love, I think of me and you.
    D MajorD           A augmentedA
When I think of happiness I think of us too.
D MajorD             A augmentedA
You're my yesterdays, and all my tomorrows,
  D MajorD          A augmentedA
The air I breathe. Everything I need.
E minorEm        F# minorF#m     F#F#
If from my life you were ever gone,
  B minorBm       E7E7
I'd fall to pieces. You I depend on.

Chorus:
    Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD       F# minorF#m
If you take your love from me,
   G+G       A augmentedA
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
    Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD         F# minorF#m
If your love I couldn't call my own,
   G+G       A augmentedA
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.

Verse 3:
D MajorD            A augmentedA
Darling without you I'll go on searching
    D MajorD         A augmentedA
With a lonely heart that won't stop hurting.
D MajorD            A augmentedA
Sorrow would be written on my face
D MajorD         A augmentedA
All my tears would leave its trace.
E minorEm        F# minorF#m     F#F#
I would be like a statue in a park
B minorBm        E7E7
Cold and alone, a man without a heart.

Chorus:
    Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD       F# minorF#m
If you take your love from me,
   G+G       A augmentedA
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
    Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD         F# minorF#m
If your love I couldn't call my own,
   G+G       A augmentedA
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.

Fade:
Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD    F# minorF#m
Turn to stone, turn to stone
   G+G          A augmentedA
Just turn to stone, I'll turn to stone.
    Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD         F# minorF#m
If your love I couldn't call my own.
   G+G          A augmentedA
I'll turn to stone, just turn to stone,
   G+G       A augmentedA
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone...

String muting while strumming also does nicely
God bless!