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James Arthur – I Love You Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7

[Verse 1]
     Fmaj7
It's not true
                  Cmaj7
Tell me I’ve been lied to
             Fmaj7      Cmaj7
Crying isn't like you, ooh
                  Fmaj7
What the hell did I do?
               Cmaj7
Never been the type to
                Fmaj7           Cmaj7
Let someone see right through, ooh

[Chorus]
F
Maybe won't you take it back?
Say you were tryna make me laugh
    G
And nothing has to change today
                            Am    Asus2
You didn’t mean to say "I love you"
  Cmaj7                Fmaj7     Cmaj7
I love you and I don't want to, ooh

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[Verse 2]
   Fmaj7                Cmaj7
Up all night on another red-eye
            Fmaj7           Cmaj7
I wish we never learned to fly
                 Fmaj7
Maybe we should just try
                    Cmaj7
To tell ourselves a good lie
               Fmaj7     Cmaj7
Didn't mean to make you cry

[Chorus]
F
Maybe won't you take it back?
Say you were tryna make me laugh
    G
And nothing has to change today
                            Am    Asus2
You didn’t mean to say "I love you"
  Cmaj7                Fmaj7     Cmaj7
I love you and I don't want to, ooh

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[Bridge]
    Dm
The smile that you gave me
     Em                   Cmaj7
Even when you felt like dying

[Outro]
   F
We fall apart as it gets dark
I'm in your arms in Central Park
        G
There's nothing you could do or say
                           Am
I can’t escape the way I love you
        Cmaj7           Fmaj7    Cmaj7
I don’t want to, but I love you, ooh
 Fmaj7   Cmaj7
Ooh,    ooh
 Fmaj7   Cmaj7
Ooh,    ooh
 Fmaj7   Cmaj7
Ooh,    ooh

How to play I Love You: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for I Love You by James Arthur on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

I Love You by James Arthur is built around F major (one flat: B♭), with 8 chords in all: Fmaj7, Cmaj7, F, G, Am, Asus2, Dm and Em.

Listen for Cmaj7 – F – G – Am (Vmaj7 – I – II – iii in F major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – doh – reh – mi. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.