Love Of My Life

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..of note:
chord symbols in brackets above notated chord indicate
a more easily formed and more conventional substitute.

The Am/D and the D9 chord could pretty well be interchanged throughout..the latter just having somewhat more 'bite'- which
doesn't seem to appear in certain instances, particularly in intro


 Intro:

   f#      f#         e       e         f
        (Em9+5)                      (B7-5)
 Em9   Cmaj7-5/E     Esus4   F#m7-5   F7/B

         (Em9+5)                     (B7-5)
 Em9   Cmaj7-5/E     Esus4   F#m7-5   F7/B

                                                             (B7-5)
 Em9         Am/D                  Cmaj9             F#m7-5   F7/B
Whoa oh oh         yea yea yea yea yea   yea yea yea yea      yea

Em9              D9
Love of my life

                      Cmaj9
Take my heart take my soul

              F#m7-5   F7/B
Take what you need

Em9              D9
Love of my life

                   Db9    Cmaj9                   F#m7-5    F7/B
Don't you know I'm just a fool for a good woman's greed

Abmaj7/Bb                             Ebmaj7
       You broke the wings of a weary vagabond

        Fm7/Bb                         Ebmaj7
And I'm stranded on the island of your love

Gbmaj7/Ab             Gmaj7/A  Gbmaj7/Ab  D7-9+5  Dbmaj9
          You are the fruit     of        my      Amazon

F/G         G/A        F#m7-5     F7/B
Love of my life I'm no good on my own

Em9                D9
Love of my nights

                      Cmaj9
Take my pride take my flesh

            F#m7-5   F7/B
Take all my blues

Em9              D9
Love of my life

                  Db9      Cmaj9
Don't you know my life's a bore

                        F#m7-5   F7/B
When there's nothing to lose


Abmaj7/Bb                         Ebmaj9
        I am the prisoner of your paradise

Fm7/Bb                      Ebmaj9
Sunken in the bayou of your love

Gbmaj7/Ab           Gmaj7/A Gbmaj7/Ab  D7-9+5  Dbmaj7
        I make this sen     su         al      sacrifice

F/G        G/A
Love of my life

        F#m7-5     F7/B
For the good of my own
                                                            (B7-5)
 Em9         Am/D                   Cmaj9           F#m7-5   F7/B
Whoa oh oh         yea yea yea yea yea   yea yea yea yea     yea

..as intro:

  g'      g'         f'       f'       gb
       (Fm9+5)                        (C7-5)
Fm9    Dbmaj7-5/F    Fsus    Gm7-5     Gb7/C

synth solo
A/B    Emaj7-5   A/B   Emaj7

G/A   Ab/Bb  G/A  Eb7  Dmaj7

Gb/Ab      Ab/Bb
Love of my life

       Gm7-5      F#7/C
I'm no good on my own

Fm9               Eb9
Love of my life

                      Dbmaj9
Take my heart take my soul

             *( Gm7-5     F#7/C )( see below )*
Take what you feel

Fm9               Eb9
Love of my life

                   D9     Dbmaj9
Don't you know I'm just a man

                  Gm7-5       F#7/C
For a woman who's real

        (Em9+5)                       (B7-5)
 Em9   Cmaj7-5/E     Esus4   F#m7-5   F7/B
whoa
                                   (B7-5)
Em9     Am/D     Cmaj9     F#m7-5   F7/B

                                   (B7-5)
Em9     Am/D     Cmaj9     F#m7-5   F7/B

Instrumental break:

Em7     Em7/D     Em7/C

..very quick entire line played in four beats:

Db/Eb  D/E  Eb/F  E/Gb,   E/Gb  F/G  Gb/Ab  G/A

                (Em9+5)                          (B7-5)
Em9             Cmaj7-5/E     Cmaj9     F#m7-5   F7/B
Love of my life ....

                                            (B7-5)
Em9              Am/D     Cmaj9     F#m7-5   F7/B
Love of my life ....

                                             (B7-5)
Em9               Am/D     Cmaj9     F#m7-5   F7/B
Love of my life ....

                                             (B7-5)
Em9               Am/D     Cmaj9     F#m7-5   F7/B
Love of my life ....

                                             (B7-5)
Em9               Am/D     Cmaj9     F#m7-5   F7/B
Love of my life ....


Em9........................fade


*from above
what is ACTUALLY played here on the recording
(small case letters above indicating melody notes)

     gb             g           ab
is Bbm+5(no bass) Bbm6(no bass) Bbm7(bass)instead of Gm7-5

      a     ab      g
and  C13   C7+5    C7    --instead of F#7/C

transcribed by Peter Kruger JKRUGERC506@rogers.com