Thing Called Love — John Hiatt
Chords and lyrics for Thing Called Love by John Hiatt (key of Bm).
Verse 1
Thing Called Love, by John Hiatt
The opening/main riff is:
Verse 1
[F#]Don't have to humble yourself to me, I ain't your judge or your king
[A]Baby, [E] you know you ain't no Queen of [F#]Sheba
[F#]We may not even have our dignity, no, this could be just a powerful thing
[A]Baby, we can [E]choose, you know we ain't no [F#]amoeba[E]
Chorus
[D] Are you ready for this [G]thing called [A]love
[D] Don't come from me and you, it [G]comes from up [A]above
[D] I ain't no porcupine,[G] take off your [A]kid gloves
[D] Are you ready for this [B]thing called [F#]love
Verse 2
You ain't some icon carved out of soap, sent down here to clean up my
reputation
Baby, I ain't your Prince Charming
Now we can live in fear or act out of hope, for some kind of peaceful
situation
Baby, don't know why the cry of love is so alarming
Chorus
[D] Are you ready for this [G]thing called [A]love
[D] Don't come from me and you, it [G]comes from up [A]above
[D] I ain't no porcupine,[G] take off your [A]kid gloves
[D] Are you ready for this [B]thing called love
Bridge 1
[F#] [A] Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans
[F#] [A] And glide off down the lake
[F#] [A] Whether your sunglasses are off or on[F#]
[D]You only see the [B]world you make
Instrumental
[F#] [A] [B] [E]
Bridge 2
[F#] Before the [A]laws of God and the laws of [B]man I take you [E]for my wife, yeah
[F#] To love, [A]honor, cherish [B]and obey[E]
[F#] Now I didn't [A]have no plans to [B]live this kind of [E]life, no
[F#] It just [A]worked out that [B]way
(Chorus)
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