[Intro]Ebmaj7Fm7Gm7Abmaj7/BbEbmaj7Fm7Gm7Abmaj7/Bb[Chorus]Ebmaj7
Loving is easy
Fm7
You had me fucked up
Gm7Abmaj7/Bb
It used to be so hard to see
Ebmaj7
Yeah, loving is easy
Fm7
When everything's perfect
Gm7Abmaj7/Bb
Please don't change a single little thing for me
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[Pre-Chorus]Abmaj7
Listen, girl
Gm7
When you can't even hide it
Abmaj7Gm7
And it didn't take forever to find it
Abmaj7
I was all on my own
Gm7
Almost glad to be alone
Gbmaj7Fm7BbBb7
Until love came in on time, on time
[Chorus]Ebmaj7
Loving is easy
Fm7
You had me fucked up
Gm7Abmaj7/Bb
It used to be so hard to see
Ebmaj7
Yeah, loving is easy
Fm7
When everything's perfect
Gm7Abmaj7/Bb
Please don't change a single little thing for me
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[Interlude]Ebmaj7Fm7Gm7Abmaj7/BbEbmaj7Fm7Gm7Bb7Amaj9[Pre-Chorus]Abmaj7Gm7
When you can't even hide it
Abmaj7Fm7Gm7A7
And it didn't take forever to find it
Abmaj7
I was all on my own
Gm7
Almost glad to be alone
Gbmaj7Fm7BbBb7
Until love came in on time, on time
[Chorus]Ebmaj7
Loving is easy
Fm7
You had me fucked up
Gm7Abmaj7/Bb
It used to be so hard to see
Ebmaj7
Yeah, loving is easy
Fm7
When everything's perfect
Gm7Bb7Emaj9
Please don't change a single little thing for me
[Outro]Ebmaj7Fm7Gm7Abmaj7/BbEbmaj7Fm7Gm7Abmaj7/BbG/BbEbmaj7
How to play Loving Is: key, chords and progression
Loving Is by Rex Orange County is centred on E♭ major (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭). The song uses 12 chords: Ebmaj7, Fm7, Gm7, Abmaj7/Bb, Abmaj7, Gbmaj7, Bb, Bb7, Amaj9, A7, Emaj9 and G/Bb.
The progression the song keeps returning to is Ebmaj7 – Fm7 – Gm7 – Abmaj7/Bb (Imaj7 – ii7 – iii7 – IVmaj7 in E♭ major). In solfa, that is doh – reh – mi – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes Dmaj7, Em7, F#m7, Gmaj7, Fmaj7, A, A7, Abmaj9, Ab7, Ebmaj9 (55% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 18% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
The main progression is Ebmaj7 – Fm7 – Gm7 – Abmaj7/Bb (Imaj7 – ii7 – iii7 – IVmaj7).
Is Loving Is easy to play on guitar?
Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes Dmaj7, Em7, F#m7, Gmaj7, Fmaj7, A, A7, Abmaj9, Ab7, Ebmaj9 (55% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 18% without a capo).
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