Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is

Guitar chords and lyrics of I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner
Published 1985
Original key Db

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Capo fourth fret

Intro

Bm Bm Bm A | D D D D | G G | Bm Bm Bm Bm||

 

Bm                   A             D                   G                                Bm
I’ve gotta take a little time, a little time to think things over.
Bm                   A                    D                      G                             Bm
I better read between the lines, in case I need it when I’m older.

Bm                       A                    D                     G                                   Bm
Now, this mountain I must climb feels like the world upon my shoulders.
Bm                      A                    D                   G                                Bm
Through the clouds I see love shine. It keeps me warm as life grows colder.

 

.          G/E Em                   G/E                Em
In my life there’s been heartache and pain.
G/E      Em                  A/E      Em
I don’t know if I can face it again.
G/E   Em                    A/E       Em          G          D/F# Em D G/A
Can’t stop now. I’ve traveled so far to change this lonely life.

 

D                                       Bm  A    Em                       Bm           A
.   I want to know what love is.            I want you to show me.
D                                       Bm A     Em                        Bm    A          A7   Bm
.   I want to feel what love is.               I know you can show me.

[Verse]

Bm                     A              D                 G                      Bm
I’m gonna take a little time, a little time to look around me.
Bm                      A      D                     G                              Bm
I’ve got nowhere to hide. It looks like love has fin’lly found me.

.          G/E Em                   G/E                Em
In my life there’s been heartache and pain.
G/E      Em                  A/E      Em
I don’t know if I can face it again.
G/E   Em                    A/E       Em          G          D/F# Em D G/A
Can’t stop now. I’ve traveled so far to change this lonely life.






D                                       Bm  A    Em                       Bm           A
.   I want to know what love is.            I want you to show me.
D                                       Bm A     Em                        Bm    A          A7   Bm
.   I want to feel what love is.               I know you can show me.

D                                       Bm  A    Em                       Bm           A
.   I want to know what love is.            I want you to show me.
D                                       Bm A     Em                        Bm    A          A7   Bm
.   I want to feel what love is.               I know you can show me.