Song: Ain't no love in the heart of the city
Artist: Bobbie 'Blue' Bland
Composers: Michael Price and Dan Walsh
Album: Dreamer
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)
28th Sept 2012
CAPO: 5th fret (sounds in key of Am)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Em7 = 020000 Em = 022000 A7sus4 = x02030
F#m7 = 242222 D7sus4 = xx0213 Cmaj7/G = 332010
G = 320033 C = x32010 Em9 = 020002
Am7 = x02010 D/F# = 200232
X = No chords /clap on the off-beat or tap body of guitar
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[Intro]
Em7 F#m7 Em7 [riff]
e|--0--0---0--0------2--|--\0--0-------------------------| [x2]
B|--0--0---0--0------2--|--\0--0-------------------------|
G|--0--0---0--0------2--|--\0--0-----------0-------------|
D|--0------0--0--0---2--|--\0-------0--h2-----2--p0--h2--|
A|--2------2--2--0--/4--|--\2----2-----------------------|
E|--0------0--0--0---2--|--\0----------------------------|
[Chorus 1]
Em7 F#m7 Em7
Ain't no love in the heart of the city,
G Am7 Em7 [riff]
Ain't no love in the heart of town,
Em7 F#m7 Em7
Ain't no love, and it's sure 'nuff a pity,
G Cmaj7/G Am7 Em7 F#m7 Em7 [riff]
Ain't no love, 'cause you ain't a - round!
[Verse 1]
Em G Am7
When you were mine----, oh, I was feeling so good,
D7sus4 Em
'Cause your love lit up ...this old neighbourhood,
Em G Am7
But, now that you're gone----, you know, the sun don't shine,
D7sus4 C G D/F#
From the City Hall...to the County Line! That's why I said...
[Chorus 2]
Em7 F#m7 Em7
...Ain't no love in the heart of the city,
G Am7 Em7 [riff]
Ain't no love in the heart of town,
Em7 F#m7 Em7
Ain't no love, and it sure is a pity,
G Cmaj7/G Am7 Em7 F#m7 Em7 [riff]
Ain't no love, 'cause you ain't a - round!
[Verse 2]
Em G Am7 A7sus4 Am7
Every place that I go, oh, it seems so strange,
D7sus4 Em
With - out you there, things have changed,
Em G Am7 A7sus4 Am7
When night time call-----, there's a blanket of gloom,
D7sus4 C G D/F#
Another teardrop fall ...in my lonely room! I said, now...
[Chorus 3]
Em7 F#m7 Em7
...Ain't no love in the heart of the city,
G Am7 Em7 [riff]
There ain't no love in the heart of town,
Em7 F#m7 Em7
Ain't no love, and ain't it a pity,
G Cmaj7/G Am7 Em7 F#m7
Ain't no love, 'cause you ain't a - round! Lord!
[Verse 3]
Em G Am7 D7sus4 Em
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Em G Am7
And now that you're gone----, oh, the sun don't shine,
D7sus4 C G D/F#
From the City Hall ...to the County Line! I said now...
[Chorus 4] (X = no chord/clap hands)
Em7 X X X X
...Ain't no love in the heart of the city,
X X X
Ain't no love in the heart of town,
Em7 [riff] Em7 F#m7 Em7
Ain't no love, it sure is a pity,
G Am7 Bm7 Am7
Ain't no love, 'cause you ain't a - round,
Em7 F#m7
'Cause you ain't a - round------!
[Chorus 5]
Em7 F#m7 Em7
Ain't no love in the heart of the city,
G Am7 Em7 [riff]
There ain't no love... in this great big old town,
Em7 F#m7 Em7
Ain't no love, and ain't it a pity...
G Cmaj7/G Am7 Em7 F#m7 Em7
Ain't no love, 'cause you ain't a - round!
[Chorus 6]
Em7 F#m7 Em7
Ain't no love in the heart of the city,
G Am7 Em7 [riff]
There ain't no love... in this great big old town,
Em7 F#m7 Em7
Ain't no love, and ain't it a pity...
G Cmaj7/G Am7 Em9
Ain't no love, ...'cause you ain't a - round-------!
