Love Is In The Air | TAB
This is a fantastic example of how to develop a verse chord progression, the basic chords for all verses are just this:
| C (I) | C | F (IV) | F |
| C (I) | C | F (IV) | F |
| G (V) | F (IV) | G (V) | Am (VI) |
| D7 (IIx) | C (I) | A7 (VIx) | Dm (II) G (V) |
Using extensions, leading chords and tritone substitutions, Love Is In The Air is developed in different ways for each verse while the other sections (instrumental and chorus) remain the same – genius!
Let’s look at TAB for all four verses, I’ve developed these parts, as on the original recording there is very little guitar, instead we have many keyboards and strings.
In a gig, it’s going to be you and (hopefully) a keyboard player sharing all duties. My parts should work in this scenario or at least serve as a good starting point for you.
Here’s what I reckon would work for verse 1, with or without keyboards.
Look carefully at the TAB and chord names and you’ll see how they don’t match perfectly, the chord indicates the full chord, and the TAB is a part. For example, F/C and C/E are what the band as a total play, and the TAB picks some parts of this.
After the slow setup, we go to G and start laying a consistent rhythm.
Here’s verse 2, new chords!
It’s that string line incorporated into the rhythm part, I’d play the second half as in verse 1.
Here are verses 3 and 4, now we put that funky keyboard part in, looks like this:
Play this along with the recording and it’ll all make sense.
Here’s the instrumental section, which is super easy in contrast to the verse.
Finally, the chorus is also easy!
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You can learn to play Love Is In The Air by John Paul Young using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart, and the original recording.
| C | C F/C | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
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John Paul Young tunes
One-hit wonder John Paul Young released three albums between 1975-77 but despite plenty of help from the media, he had little success outside his homeland.
This all changed when he dropped Love Is In the Air in 1978, all of a sudden the Australian media was proved right, John Paul was destined for success.
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