Mar122019

Eddie From Ohio – 30-Second Love Affair Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsA Em7/A Dsus2 C#m Bm7Bm7/EDD/F#G A7sus4 A7 CEm7

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This is the chord progression of 30-Second Love Affair by Eddie From Ohio on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
A Em7/A Dsus2 x2

[Verse]
A Em7/A Dsus2
There she was at the stop light on the corner
A Em7/A Dsus2 C#m
Giving me that sun shine of a smile
Bm7 Bm7/E D Em7/A Dsus2 D Em7/A Dsus2
Light blond hair and a deep blue ocean in her eyes
A Em7/A Dsus2
I decided her name must be Rebecca
A Em7/A Dsus2 C#m
Rebecca’s Rebecca by any other name
Bm7 Bm7/E
Top down, radio on and hey
D Em7/A Dsus2 D Em7/A Dsus2
I think she’s calling out my name

[Chorus]
D D/F# G A7sus4 A7
Falling in love at the stop light
D D/F# G A7sus4 A7
A 30-second, one light stand
D D/F# G A7sus4 A7
Don’t tell my girlfriend, she would never under stand

[Interlude]
Bm7 A C D Em7 D/F# G A7sus4 A7 D

[Verse]
A Em7/A Dsus2
We decided that we should get together
A Em7/A Dsus2 C#m
Pizza place around the corner just out of sight
Bm7 Bm7/E D Em7/A Dsus2 D Em7/A Dsus2
Hoped in her T-bird and we left my car idling at the light
A Em7/A Dsus2 C#m
Six months later I moved into her apartment
A Em7/A Dsus2
Spent two weeks making love in her new bed
Bm7 Bm7/E D Em7/A Dsus2 D Em7/A Dsus2
Theirs just no holding back this love affair inside my head

[Interlude]
Bm7 A C D Em7 D/F# G A7sus4 A7 D

[Verse]
A Em7/A Dsus2
We got married and had two point five children
A Em7/A Dsus2 C#m
The PTA and a pool in our back yard
Bm7 Bm7/E D Em7/A Dsus2 D Em7/A Dsus2
Life with Rebecca would never really get to hard
A Em7/A Dsus2
Me and Rebecca lived happily ever after
A Em7/A Dsus2 C#m
That’s the way that I think it would have been
Bm7 Bm7/E
But then the light turned green
D Em7/A Dsus2 D Em7/A Dsus2
And I never saw Rebecca’s smile again

[Interlude]
A7
She’d never under stand and I’ve

[Outro]
Em7 D/F# G A7sus4 Bm7 A C D
Thirty second love af – fair
Em7 D/F# G A7sus4 Bm7 A C D
Thirty second love af – fair
Em7 D/F# G A7sus4 Bm7 A C D A
Thirty second love af – fair

How to play 30-Second Love Affair: key, chords and progression

30-Second Love Affair by Eddie From Ohio sits in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯), and you need 13 chords to play it: A, Em7/A, Dsus2, C#m, Bm7, Bm7/E, D, D/F#, G, A7sus4, A7 and C and 1 more.

The backbone of the song is D/F# – G – A7sus4 – A7 (I – IV – V7sus4 – V7 in D major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – soh – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.