How to Write a Love Song by The Axis of Awesome Lyric and Guitar Chords

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You can play How to Write a Love Song by The Axis of Awesome using guitar or guitar.
This song by The Axis of Awesome can also be played by that instruments.
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How to Write a Love Song guitar chords has rhythm and included in Animal Vehicle (2011) album.
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How to Write a Love Song by The Axis of Awesome Guitar Chords


Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Capo: 6

The other versions overlooked a simple chord change in the finger picking in the song for the 4th and 5th
chords. I’m using a different capo to adjust for that. The hardest part is actually the first key change. If
you don’t have a cutaway guitar, it may be difficult to play the D#.

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Capo: 6


Bm7------|X2423X|

Bm7/G—-|3X423X|
Bm7/E—-|0X423X|


A7-------|X0202X|

A7/Bb—-|X1202X|
Gmaj7—-|3XX432| or |3XX435|
Gmaj7/F#-|2XX432| or |2XX435|
Gmaj7/E–|0XX432| or |0XX435|

INTRO/VERSE 1


e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-------3---------------3-------|-------3-------------2-------2-|
G|-----2---------------2---------|-----2-------------0-------0---| x2 (Intro)
D|---4---------------4-----------|---4-------------2-------2-----| x8 (Verse 1)
A|-2-----------------------------|---------------0-------1-------|
E|-----------------3-------------|-0-----------------------------|

BRIDGE 1
The 2 on the e string is also a 5 if you are playing the bells part.
[(5)] [(5)] [(5)] [(5)] 


e|-------2---------------2-------|-------2-------------2---------|
B|-----3-----3---------3-----3---|-----3-----3-------3-----3-----|
G|---4---------------4-----------|---4-------------4-------------| x4
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-3---------------2-------------|-0-------------2---------------|

CHORUS 1 (no guitar so just strum these chords)

G
D
A
F#m


e|-3-------3-------2------2------|-0------0------2-------2-------|
B|-3-------3-------3------3------|-2------2------2-------2-------|
G|-0-------0-------2------2------|-2------2------2-------2-------|
D|-0-------0-------0------0------|-2------2------4-------4-------|
A|-2-------2-------0------0------|-0------0------4-------4-------|
E|-3-------3---------------------|---------------2-------2-------|

G
D
A
F#m


e|-3-------3-------2------2------|-0------0------------2---------|
B|-3-------3-------3------3------|-2------2----------2-----------|
G|-0-------0-------2------2------|-2------2--------2-------------|
D|-0-------0-------0------0------|-2------2----------------------|
A|-2-------2-------0------0------|-0------0----------------------|
E|-3-------3---------------------|---------------2---------------|

VERSE 2


e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-------3---------------3-------|-------3-------------2-------2-|
G|-----2---------------2---------|-----2-------------0-------0---|
D|---4---------------4-----------|---4-------------2-------2-----|
A|-2-----------------------------|---------------0-------1-------|
E|-----------------3-------------|-0-----------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-------3---------------3-------|-------3-----------------------|
G|-----2---------------2---------|-----2-------------------------|
D|---4---------------4-----------|---4---------------------------|
A|-2-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-----------------3-------------|-0-----------------------------|

BRIDGE 2
[(5)] [(5)] [(5)] [(5)] 


e|-------2---------------2-------|-------2-------------2---------|
B|-----3-----3---------3-----3---|-----3-----3-------3-----3-----|
G|---4---------------4-----------|---4-------------4-------------| x4
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-3---------------2-------------|-0-------------2---------------|

CHORUS 2 (no guitar so just strum these chords)

G
D
A
F#m


e|-3-------3-------2------2------|-0------0------2-------2-------|
B|-3-------3-------3------3------|-2------2------2-------2-------|
G|-0-------0-------2------2------|-2------2------2-------2-------|
D|-0-------0-------0------0------|-2------2------4-------4-------|
A|-2-------2-------0------0------|-0------0------4-------4-------|
E|-3-------3---------------------|---------------2-------2-------|

G
D
A


e|-3-------3-------2------2------|-0------0----------------------|
B|-3-------3-------3------3------|-2------2----------------------|
G|-0-------0-------2------2------|-2------2----------------------|
D|-0-------0-------0------0------|-2------2----------------------|
A|-2-------2-------0------0------|-0------0----------------------|
E|-3-------3---------------------|-------------------------------|

SPOKENWORD-THING

Bm7
F#m7


e|-2-----------------------------|-2-----------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------------|-2-----------------------------|
G|-2-----------------------------|-2-----------------------------| x8
D|-4-----------------------------|-2-----------------------------|
A|-2-----------------------------|-4-----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-2-----------------------------|

(There’s no guitar here either, just piano playing those two chords, Bm7 and F#m7)
Alternatively, I play:

Bm7
[(Bm7/G)]
F#m7


e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------3---------------3-------|-------2------------------------|
G|------2---------------2---------|-----2--------------------------|
D|----4---------------4-----------|---2----------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|------------------3-------------|-2------------------------------|

CHORUS 3 (w/ Key Change)

G
D
A
F#m


e|-3-------3-------2------2------|-0------0------2-------2-------|
B|-3-------3-------3------3------|-2------2------2-------2-------|
G|-0-------0-------2------2------|-2------2------2-------2-------| x3
D|-0-------0-------0------0------|-2------2------4-------4-------|
A|-2-------2-------0------0------|-0------0------4-------4-------|
E|-3-------3---------------------|---------------2-------2-------|

G
D
A
A#


e|-3-------3-------2------2------|-0------0------1-------1-------|
B|-3-------3-------3------3------|-2------2------3-------3-------|
G|-0-------0-------2------2------|-2------2------3-------3-------|
D|-0-------0-------0------0------|-2------2------3-------3-------|
A|-2-------2-------0------0------|-0------0------1-------1-------|
E|-3-------3---------------------|-------------------------------|

CHORUS 4 (w/ Key Change)

G#
D#
A#
Gm


e|-4-------4-------6------6------|-1------1------3-------3-------|
B|-4-------4-------8------8------|-3------3------3-------3-------|
G|-5-------5-------8------8------|-3------3------3-------3-------|
D|-6-------6-------8------8------|-3------3------5-------5-------|
A|-6-------6-------6------6------|-1------1------5-------5-------|
E|-4-------4---------------------|---------------3-------3-------|

G#
D#
A#
B


e|-4-------4-------6------6------|-1------1------2-------2-------|
B|-4-------4-------8------8------|-3------3------4-------4-------|
G|-5-------5-------8------8------|-3------3------4-------4-------|
D|-6-------6-------8------8------|-3------3------4-------4-------|
A|-6-------6-------6------6------|-1------1------2-------2-------|
E|-4-------4---------------------|-------------------------------|

CHORUS 5

A
E
B
G#m


e|-0-------0-------0------0------|-2------2------4-------4-------|
B|-2-------2-------0------0------|-4------4------4-------4-------|
G|-2-------2-------1------1------|-4------4------4-------4-------|
D|-2-------2-------2------2------|-4------4------6-------6-------|
A|-0-------0-------2------2------|-2------2------6-------6-------|
E|-----------------0------0------|---------------4-------4-------|

A
E
B
E


e|-0-------0-------0------0------|-2------2------2-------2-------|-0--|
B|-2-------2-------0------0------|-4------4------4-------4-------|-0--|
G|-2-------2-------1------1------|-4------4------4-------4-------|-1--|
D|-2-------2-------2------2------|-4------4------4-------4-------|-2--|
A|-0-------0-------2------2------|-2------2------2-------2-------|-2--|
E|-----------------0------0------|-------------------------------|-0--|
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INTRO

Bm7
[Bm7/G] St[Bm7/E]eel String Guitar
A7
[A7/Bb]
Ch
Bm7
imes [Bm7/G] [Bm7/E] Synthetic Percussi
A7
on[A7/Bb]

VERSE 1
Baby G

Bm7
irl, I wanna sh[Bm7/G]ow you how much I really l[Bm7/E]ove you (How much I r
A7
eally love y[A7/Bb]ou)
Baby G
Bm7
irl, That’s what I c[Bm7/G]all you to show you that my l[Bm7/E]ove for you is true
A7
[A7/Bb]
Baby G
Bm7
irl, Our l[Bm7/G]ove is so great that I wr[Bm7/E]ote you this s
A7
ong[A7/Bb]
and to sh
Bm7
ow you how much I really c[Bm7/G]are it sounds like [Bm7/E]every other one
A7
[A7/Bb]
Bm7
The beat kicks in and then I s[Bm7/G]ing a bit more rhythmically,
[Bm7/E] To make it sensual I s
A7
ing it in a m[A7/Bb]inor key
Bm7
I move my hands like I’m push[Bm7/G]ing someone in front of me
[Bm7/E] Now that’s the first verse and n
A7
ow I’m gonna t[A7/Bb]ake it to the br
Gmaj7
idge

BRIDGE 1

Gmaj7
I say s[Gmaj7/F#]omething ’bout how I dont wanna br[Gmaj7/E]eak up, Then I t[Gmaj7/F#]urn around and rhyme it with
M
Gmaj7
ake up. I t[Gmaj7/F#]ell you that we should be tog[Gmaj7/E]ether (How Long?) For[Gmaj7/F#]ever (That Long)
and
Gmaj7
Ever (So Long) Girl your [Gmaj7/F#]always in my h[Gmaj7/E]eart (In my heart) and I n[Gmaj7/F#]ever want to be
ap
Gmaj7
art (Never be apart) Honey y[Gmaj7/F#]ou’ll always be m[Gmaj7/E]ine (Baby be Mine) Baby g[Gmaj7/F#]irl it’s chorus t
G
ime

CHORUS 1

G
Th
D
is is how you write a l
A
ove song
Yeah th
F#m
is is how you write a cliche l
G
ove song
Th
D
is is how you write a love s
A
ong
Yeah a sh
F#m
tty 90’s R n’ B l
Bm7
ove song

VERSE 2

Bm7
This is my backup and he s[Bm7/G]ings quite breathilly (Breathilly)
[Bm7/E]He takes the words I say and s
A7
ings them after m[A7/Bb]e (Sings em after me)
Bm7
He emphasizes words and s[Bm7/G]ings emphatically (I sing emphatically)
Bma7/E N.C. Gmaj7
Now listen to us sing in A Capella harmony

BRIDGE 2

Gmaj7
N[Gmaj7/F#]ow were back at the br[Gmaj7/E]idge I haven’t wr[Gmaj7/F#]itten anything for
Th
Gmaj7
is. So I’m g[Gmaj7/F#]onna str[Gmaj7/E]etch [Gmaj7/F#]out the w
Gmaj7
ords
[Gmaj7/F#] Repeating [Gmaj7/E]everything I s[Gmaj7/F#]ay
Til I g
Gmaj7
et (Til I get) Til I g[Gmaj7/F#]et (Til I get) Til I g[Gmaj7/E]et (Til I get)Yeah til I g[Gmaj7/F#]et back to the chor
Gmaj7
us

CHORUS 2

G
Th
D
is is how you write a l
A
ove song
Yeah a sh
F#m
tty, shtty, shtty, shtty l
G
ove song
And to sh
D
ow you I care I throw my h
A
ands in the air
N.C. Bm7 F#m
Now cut the music while I sing a long note

SPOKENWORD

Bm7
Hey girl I’ve been standing at the back not doing m
F#m7
uch for this song
But that’s because my talents are quite limited
Bm7
but that don’t mean that I love you any less
In fact
F#m7
it means the opposite (Im just showing off my v
Bm7
oice) its just it’s so hard for me to find the words
To really expr
F#m7
ess the way that I feel about you girl
Especially when I have to w
Bm7
orry about fitting those words to music
And there’s some kind of rhyme str
F#m7
ucture involved (Meaningless Whisper)
Bm7
I know it’s lazy song writing but I don’t care
Cause I sl
F#m7
eep on a big pile of money at night
Bm7
Girl You might think it’s weird, girl
That three guys are singing about just
F#m7
one girl, girl
But let me tell you something, girl,
Bm7
it’s not weird at all
In fact, girl, It’s an industry standard
F#m7
and it happens all the time (Happens all the t
Bm7
ime)
F#m7
G


Well girl I better wrap this up about now cause I'm about to be cut off by- (Woah-oo-oh-oo-oh-oo-oh-oo-oh)

CHORUS 3
B

D
aby I wrote you a love s
A
ong
It wasn’t h
F#m
ard It really didn’t t
G
ake long
A t
D
otally generic l
A
ove song
Yeah r
F#m
eally this could be about
G
anyone
But it’s for y
D
ou yeah this is your l
A
ove song
N
F#m
on-Specific g
G
irl
To let you kn
D
ow we take it seriousl
A
y
Th
A#
en watch as we change the k
G#
ey

CHORUS 4
When you ch

D#
ange the key in a l
A#
ove song
It m
Gm
eans your singing passionatel
G#
y
But We st
D#
ill haven’t reached the
A#
end
No because were g
B
onna go and change the key ag
A
ain

CHORUS 5
L

E
ook at me I’m singing a l
B
ove song
Yeah
G#m
anyone can sing a shtty l
A
ove
Our l
E
ove is so un
B
ique
That I copied every other shtty l
E
ove song (Girl)

If you want to learn The Axis of Awesome How to Write a Love Song guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play How to Write a Love Song. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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