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Song title:      Blaming It All On Love
Original Album:  Rainbow Takeaway

Words and Music by Kevin Ayers
Copyright © 1978 Harvest Records
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)
With corrections by Marvin Siau and Dave White.



INTRO:
Notes:
The G#m7 is played on the last beat of the 1st bar in the transition to Amaj7.
The Bbm7 is played on the last beat of the 3rd bar in the transition to F#7.

Chords:
Emaj7 x768xx           F#7 9989xx              C#7  x46464
G#m7  x 11 9 11 xx     A   x77655 or 577655
Amaj7 x 12 11 13 xx    Am  x77555 or 577555
Bbm7  x 13 11 13 xx    E   x79997



[play: 4/4| Emaj7 G#m7 | Amaj7 Bbm7 | F#7 | A Am | E C#7 |

          | A Am | E C#7 | A Am | E |]




VERSE1:
Notes:
Verse chords are played as in the INTRO.

Chords:
Emaj7 x768xx           C#m6 xx6656              C#7  x46464
G#m7  x 11 9 11 xx     A    x77655 or 577655
Amaj7 x 12 11 13 xx    Am   x77555 or 577555
Bbm7  x 13 11 13 xx    E    x79997


 | Emaj7                      | G#m7
I  guess I'm feeling old today

 | Amaj7                        | Bbm7
I  can't get in the mood to play

  | C#m6        | A   Am                       | E          C#7
Oh  no,  feeling  low    and things have got to  change, oh yeah

                 | A                   | Am
'Cause there's no  point and there's no  use

       | E            | C#7  A              | Am     E
In that  tired old ex - cuse   of blaming it  all on love




VERSE2:
Chords:
Emaj7 x768xx           C#m6 xx6656              C#7  x46464
G#m7  x 11 9 11 xx     A    x77655 or 577655
Amaj7 x 12 11 13 xx    Am   x77555 or 577555
Bbm7  x 13 11 13 xx    E    x79997

           
| Emaj7               | G#m7
  Can't rely on anyone

  | Amaj7                     | Bbm7
To  show me how to have my fun

   | C#m6         | A   Am                 | E        c#7
But  me  and now I  see    clearer than be - fore and more

           | A                 | Am              | E               | C#7
That it's a  fool who lives too  small, beats his  head against the  wall

     | A           | Am     E
Yeah,    blaming it  all on love



[play: 4/4| Emaj7 G#m7 | Amaj7 Bbm7 | F#7 | A Am | E C#7 |

          | A Am | E C#7 | A Am | E |]



VERSE3:
Chords:
Emaj7 x768xx           C#m6 xx6656              C#7  x46464
G#m7  x 11 9 11 xx     A    x77655 or 577655
Amaj7 x 12 11 13 xx    Am   x77555 or 577555
Bbm7  x 13 11 13 xx    E    x79997


| Emaj7
  Looking at the world outside

 | Amaj7                             |  Bbm7  C#m6
I  sometimes have to run and hide a  -  way

             | A    Am                     | E         C#7
When I should  stay    and join in with the  dance, oh yeah

             | A               | Am          | E                   | C#7
'Cause it's a  crime and a dis - grace when I  think of the times I  waste




ENDING:
Chords:
A  577655    E   x79997
Am 577555    C#7 x46464

| A            Am    | E           C#7
    Blaming it all on  love, sweet love

| A            Am    | E           C#7
    Blaming it all on  love, sweet love

| A            Am    | E                 C#7
    Blaming it all on  love, love, sweet love

| A            Am     E
    Blaming it all on love

[end on E]