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Song title:      Is This Love
Original Album:	 Kaya
Other Album:     Legend

Words and Music by Bob Marley
Copyright © 1978 Island Records and Tuff Gong Records
Published by Universal Music Group

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Timing is 4/4 reggae.


INTRO:
Notes:
Bracketed fretting below indicates that this should be strummed, but muted.
Mute with the edge of the palm of the strumming hand.

|--3--| indicates play as triplets.

Chords:
F#m  x9 11 11 10 x
D    x57775
A    x77655

Guitar2:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------2_____------------------------------|
|------------------2---4---------|---------4-------2---4----------|
|--------------4-----------------|-------------4------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                                                 |
Guitar1:                                                          |
|         F#m                                                     |
|---------2---------------2------|---------2---------------2------|
|---------2---------------2------|---------2---------------2------|
|---------2---------------2------|---------2---------------2------|
|----(4)-----(4)-(4)-(4)-----(4)-|----(4)-----(4)-(4)-(4)-----(4)-|
|----(4)-----(4)-(4)-(4)-----(4)-|----(4)-----(4)-(4)-(4)-----(4)-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|



Guitar2:
|-----------------------------2_____------------------------------|
|-----------------------------2_____-------2---3-p-2-------3-p-2--|
|-----------------------------2_____-------2-----------2----------|
|-----------------4---7----------|--------------------------------|
|-------------5------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                                                 |
Guitar1:                                                          |
|         D                                A                      |
|---------5---------------5------|--------------------------------|
|---------7---------------7------|---------5---------------5------|
|---------7---------------7------|---------6---------------6------|
|(7)-(7)-----(7)-(7)-(7)-----(7)-|(7)-(7)-----(7)-(7)-(7)-----(7)-|
|(5)-(5)-----(5)-(5)-(5)-----(5)-|(7)-(7)-----(7)-(7)-(7)-----(7)-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


Guitar2:
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------2_____------------------------------|
|-----------------2-h-4----------|---------4-------2---4----------|
|-------------4------------------|-------------4------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                                                 |
Guitar1:                                                          |
|         F#m                                                     |
|---------2---------------2------|---------2---------------2------|
|---------2---------------2------|---------2---------------2------|
|---------2---------------2------|---------2---------------2------|
|----(4)-----(4)-(4)-(4)-----(4)-|----(4)-----(4)-(4)-(4)-----(4)-|
|----(4)-----(4)-(4)-(4)-----(4)-|----(4)-----(4)-(4)-(4)-----(4)-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|



Guitar2:
|--------------------------------|-5--5--5--4--5--4---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-5--6--6--4--6--4---------------|
|-----------------4---7----------|--------------------------------|
|-------------5------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                  |--3--|  |--3--|               |
Guitar1:                                                          |
|         D                        A                              |
|---------5---------------5------|--------------------------------|
|---------7---------------7------|--------------------------------|
|---------7---------------7------|-6--6--6--4--6--4---------------|
|(7)-(7)-----(7)-(7)-(7)-----(7)-|-7--7--7--6--7--6---------------|
|(5)-(5)-----(5)-(5)-(5)-----(5)-|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

                                                   I   wan-na...

VERSE1:
Notes:
Strum as in the INTRO. The strumming is the same throughout.

Chords:
F#m  x9 11 11 10 9
D    x57775
A    577655

      | F#m | F#m    D       | A |
I wanna love you and treat you right.

      | F#m | %      | D           | A 
I wanna love you every day and every night.

         | F#m | % |     D                 | A
We'll be together with a roof right over our heads.

              | F#m | % | D          | A
We'll share the shelter   of my single bed.

              | F#m | %      | D             | A |
We'll share the same room, oh, Jah provide the bread.


CHORUS1:
Chords:
C#m x46654
Bm  x24432

      | C#m | % |
Is this love, is this love, is this love,
		    | Bm | % |
is this love that I'm feeling?

        C#m | % |
Is this love, is this love, is this love,
		    | Bm | % |
is this love that I'm feeling?


[play:]

Lead guitar:
|-7-----------9-----------10-----|-12--------------7--------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------7----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                                                 |
Rhythm guitar:                                                    |
  Bm          A/C#        D        E               Bm             |
|--------------------------------|-----------------2--------------|
|-3-----------2-----------7------|-9---------------3--------------|
|-4-----------2-----------7------|-9---------------4--------------|
|-4-----------2-----------7------|-9---------------4--------------|
|-2-----------4-----------5------|-7---------------2--------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


[then play:]

Bm
  I wanna know, wanna know, wanna know now.


[play:]

Lead guitar:
|-7-----------9-----------10-----|-12--------------15------14-----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                                                 |
Rhythm guitar:                                                    |
  Bm          A/C#        D        E               F#m            |
|--------------------------------|-----------------2--------------|
|-3-----------2-----------7------|-9---------------2--------------|
|-4-----------2-----------7------|-9---------------2--------------|
|-4-----------2-----------7------|-9---------------4--------------|
|-2-----------4-----------5------|-7---------------4--------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


Chords:
F#m 244222    E x79997
C#m x46654    D x57775
Bm  x244324

| F#m | % |
  I've got to know, got to know, got to know now.

| C#m | % |             Bm  | % |
  I..., I'm willing and able,
 | C#m | % |                E  D | C#m  Bm |
So I throw my cards on your table.     (I wanna...)


VERSE2:
Chords:
F#m  x9 11 11 10 x
D    x57775
A    x77655

(Bm)  | F#m | % |                       | F#m      D       | A |
I wanna love you, I wanna love and treat, love and treat you right.

      | F#m |          D           | A |
I wanna love you every day and every night.

         | F#m | % |      D                 | A
We'll be together  with a roof right over our heads.

              | F#m | % | D          | A
We'll share the shelter   of my single bed.

              | F#m | % |      D             | A |
We'll share the same room, oh, Jah provide the bread.


CHORUS2:
Chords:
C#m x46654
Bm  x24432 and 799777        (after GF2a in the "yes I know"s)
F#m x44222 and x9 11 11 10 9 (after GF2b in the "yes I know"s)
E   x79997
D   x57775

      | C#m | % |
Is this love, is this love, is this love,
		    | Bm | % |
is this love that I'm feeling?

      | C#m | % |
Is this love, is this love, is this love,
		    | Bm | % |
is this love that I'm feeling?


[repeat Guitar Figure 2a]

| Bm | % |
  Oh, yes I know, yes I know, yes I know now.

[repeat Guitar Figure 2b]


| F#m | % |
    Oh, yes I know, yes I know, yes I know now.

                    | Bm  | % |
I..., I'm willing and able,

 | C#m | %                | E  D | C#m  Bm |
So I throw my cards on your table.      See...


VERSE3:
Chords:
F#m  x9 11 11 10 9
D    x57775
A    577655

      | F#m | % |                           | F#m      D       | A |  
I wanna love you, I wanna love and treat you, love and treat you right.

      | F#m |         | D       A |  
I wanna love you, every day and night.

         | F#m | % |     D                 | A |
We'll be together with a roof right over our heads.

              | F#m |   D          | A |
We'll share the shelter of my single bed.

              | F#m | %      | D             | A |
We'll share the same room, oh, Jah provide the bread.

[fades]