Couldn't Love You More — John Martyn

Chords and lyrics for Couldn't Love You More by John Martyn (key of C).

Verse 1

From the album One World and various live recordings.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
d | 3 2 X X 0 X X
g | 0 0 2 0 0 5 4
c | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
c | X X 0 0 0 0 0
f | X X 0 0 X 4 2
C | 5 4 X 4 X X X
1: F c g f = Csus4/F
2: E c g e = C/E
3: f c c a = F major
4: E f c c g = C/E
5: c c g d = Csus2
6: a c c c = Am (strictly Am3 as no perfect 5th)
7: g c c b = Cmaj7/G (without major 3rd)
Notes:
half a step less
but you can do it either way.
I’ve included the Csus2 chord at the end of every line below but he doesn’t
always play
it. Sometimes he just picks a note or two and sometimes he strums it up
from the sixth
to the third string. As with all JM songs, he played them a bit differently
each time
so just go with the flow. If you want to learn the picking/slap pattern
there are a
couple of good tutorials on youtube.
[Csus4/F]If [C/E]you [F]kissed the sun right out of the [C/E]sky [Csus2]for me
[Csus4/F]If [C/E]you [F]told me all the lies I [C/E]might [Csus2]deserve
[Csus4/F]If [C/E]you [F]lay all night in the [C/E]rain [Csus2]for me
Well [Am]I [Cmaj7/G][F]coul......dn’t love you [C/E]more[Csus2]
[Am]Just [Cmaj7/G][F]coul......dn’t love you [C/E]more[Csus2]
[Am]Just [Cmaj7/G][F]coul......dn’t love you [C/E]more[Csus2]
If you loved me till my eyes could no more shine for you
If you walked beside me all the long way home
If you wasted all of your time on me
Well I couldn’t love you more
Just couldn’t love you more
I couldn’t love you more
Just couldn’t love you more.
If you gave me all the things I’d never ask of you
If you showed me all the ways you have to cry
If you lay all night in the rain for me
I couldn’t love you more
Just couldn’t love you more
Just couldn’t love you more
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