A Star Is Born – I Dont Know What Love Is Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

A Star Is Born – I Dont Know What Love Is Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsDm7Cmaj7GG6FFmC

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This is the chord progression of A Star Is Born – I Dont Know What Love Is performed by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Dm7 Cmaj7

[Verse]
Dm7
I don’t know what love is
Cmaj7
If I can’t have you here
G                 G6             F
I don’t know what love is
Fm                         C
I think that it’s just fear

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[Verse]
Dm7
I don’t know the tempo
Cmaj7
Of my heart’s concerto
G
It all seems like a dream
G6                 F
It’s not, I know
Fm                                                 C
There’s something real out there for me

[Bridge]
Dm7
I swear I’ve seen an angel
Cmaj7
A paradise in blue
Cmaj7
Every color I choose
G                 G6                 F
But I don’t know what love is
Fm                                 C
But I think it might be you

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[Verse]
Dm7
If I had the courage
Cmaj7
I’d know just what to do
G
Sometimes I have to crawl
G6                         F
And everyday I fall
Fm                                 C
Tryin’ just to stand by you

[Bridge]
Dm7
I swear I’ve seen an angel
Cmaj7
A paradise in blue
Cmaj7
Every color I choose
G                 G6                         F
But I don’t know what love is
Fm                         C
But I think it might be you

How to play I Dont Know What Love Is: key, chords and progression

To play I Dont Know What Love Is by A Star Is Born, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 7 chords: Dm7, Cmaj7, G, G6, F, Fm and C.

Listen for Dm7 – Cmaj7 – G – G6 (ii7 – Imaj7 – V – V6 in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is reh – doh – soh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Am7, Gmaj7, D, D6, C, Cm, G (86% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 57% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Dm7 chord on guitar (xx0211)
Dm7D F A C
Cmaj7 chord on guitar (x32000)
Cmaj7C E G B
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
G6 chord on guitar (320000)
G6G B D E
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Fm chord on guitar (133111)
FmF A♭ C
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G

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I Dont Know What Love Is chords: questions

What key is I Dont Know What Love Is in?

I Dont Know What Love Is by A Star Is Born is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in I Dont Know What Love Is?

I Dont Know What Love Is uses 7 chords: Dm7, Cmaj7, G, G6, F, Fm, C.

What is the chord progression of I Dont Know What Love Is?

The main progression is Dm7 – Cmaj7 – G – G6 (ii7 – Imaj7 – V – V6).

Is I Dont Know What Love Is easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Am7, Gmaj7, D, D6, C, Cm, G (86% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 57% without a capo).

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