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Key: C
🎸 Intro:
F C F C F C
Riff Am* G* C
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A|-3-----------
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🎸 Verse 1:
C F C
A little barroom on his way home
G C
A bed to lay on in a room upstairs
F C
What’s her name he’ll never see her again
G C
Close the door who knows who cares
🎸 Chorus:
C F C
And they call it makin’ love
F C G C
Makin’ love makin’ love
F C
Throw it down pick it up
F C Am G C
Dress it up (riff) and call it love
🎸 Solo:
F C F C F C Am* G* C
(riff)
🎸 Verse 2:
C F C
Together alone like nothing’s wrong
G C
In a house called home in a double bed
F C
They’ve grown so far apart they just fumble in the dark
G C
Not one single word is said
🎸 Chorus:
C F C
And they call it makin’ love
F C G C
Makin’ love makin’ love
F C
Throw it down pick it up
F C Am G C
Dress it up (riff) and call it love
🎸 Chorus:
C F C
And they call it makin’ love
F C G C
Makin’ love makin’ love
F C
Throw it down (throw it down) pick it up (pick it up)
F C Am G C
Dress it up (riff) and call it love
🎸 Outro:
C F C
And they call it makin’ love
F C Am G C
Makin’ love (riff) makin’ love
Legend:
(*) one strum
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Published: April 11, 2022
Last Updated: February 4, 2026