Theo Katzman – What Did You Mean When You Said Love Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

Theo Katzman – What Did You Mean When You Said Love Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsBbmEbmFAbAb/CDbDb/FAbsus4GbF7Db7DdimB7

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This is the chords of What Did You Mean When You Said Love by Theo Katzman on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Bbm Bbm Bbm Ebm x4

[Verse]
Bbm                Ebm                 Bbm
Love, what did you mean by love?
Bbm         F         Ebm         Bbm
Is that the word you meant to whisper
Ab                         Ebm
With kisses down your neck?
Bbm         Ab/C         Db         Db/F
Love, what did you mean by that?
Ebm
And what did you expect would happen?
Bbm                 Ab               Absus4                         Db/F
She’d put you on the back, stand up and start slow clappin’?

[Chorus]
Gb         Ab         Db     F7         Bbm
Love, what did you mean by love?
Ebm                                 Ab
You must’ve meant “like you strongly” (yeah)
Db                                                       Db7
Unless you meant “just your body” just enough to
Gb Ab Db F7 Bbm
Stay, but not enough to fall
Ebm
Instead of givin’ up
Ab                         Bbm
What did you mean by love?

[Interlude]
Bbm Bbm Bbm Ebm x2

[Verse]
Bbm Ebm Bbm
Hope, what did you mean you “hope so”?
Db/F Ebm
Did you mean you were less than likely
Bbm Ab
To head over your heels, because your heart was
Ebm Bbm
Just not there?
Ab/C Db Db/F
That’s what you could’ve said
Ebm
No hieroglyphics to decipher
Bbm Ab Absus4 Db/F
No beating round the bush, just set the bush on fire but

[Chorus]
Gb Ab Db F7 Bbm
Love, what did you mean by love?
Ebm Ab
I think you meant “see you later” (yeah)
Db Db7
“It’s really been a bunch of fun but now it’s done”
Gb Ab Db F7 Bbm
I know, you probably have to go
Ebm Ab
But I’d still like to know, what did you mean by

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[Bridge]
Bbm Ab/C Db
Love?
Ddim Ebm
What did you mean?
Db/F Gb
What did you mean?
B7
When you said
Bbm Ab/C Db
Love?
Ddim Ebm Db/F Gb
What did you mean when you said love?

[Interlude]
Bbm Bbm Bbm Ebm x6

[Verse]
Bbm Ebm Bbm
Love, it’s more than just a word
F Ebm
You thought that you could test the waters
Bbm Ab Absus4 Db/F
Droppin’ the atom bomb, well now the water’s turnin’

[Chorus]
Gb Ab Db F7 Bbm
Red, and all the fish are dead
Ebm Ab
Floatin’ around by head
Db Db7
With all the other things i could have said to make you
Gb Ab Db F7 Bbm
See, just what you mean to me, but
Ebm
The damage has been done
Ab
What did you mean by

[Outro]
Bbm Ab/C Db
Love?
Ddim Ebm
What did you mean?
Db/F Gb
What did you mean?
B7
When you said
Bbm Ab/C Db
Love?
Ddim Ebm Db/F Gb
What did you mean when you said love?
B7 Bbm Ab/C Db
Love?
Ddim Ebm
What did you mean?
Db/F Gb
What did you mean?
B7
When you said
Bbm Ab/C Db
Love?
Ddim Ebm Db/F Gb
What did you mean when you said love?

How to play What Did You Mean When You Said Love: key, chords and progression

What Did You Mean When You Said Love by Theo Katzman is in the key of B♭ minor (five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭). The song uses 13 chords: Bbm, Ebm, F, Ab, Ab/C, Db, Db/F, Absus4, Gb, F7, Db7 and Ddim and 1 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Gb – Ab – Db – F7 (VI – VII – III – V7 in B♭ minor). 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 Am, Dm, E, G, C, Gsus4, F, E7, C7, C#dim (73% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 9% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Bbm chord on guitar (x13321)
B♭mB♭ D♭ F
Ebm chord on guitar (x68876)
E♭mE♭ G♭ B♭
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Ab chord on guitar (466544)
A♭A♭ C E♭
Db chord on guitar (x46664)
D♭D♭ F A♭
Absus4 chord on guitar (466644)
A♭sus4A♭ D♭ E♭
Gb chord on guitar (244322)
G♭G♭ B♭ D♭
F7 chord on guitar (131211)
F7F A C E♭
Db7 chord on guitar (x46464)
D♭7D♭ F A♭ C♭
Ddim chord on guitar (xx0131)
DdimD F A♭
B7 chord on guitar (x21202)
B7B D♯ F♯ A

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What Did You Mean When You Said Love chords: questions

What key is What Did You Mean When You Said Love in?

What Did You Mean When You Said Love by Theo Katzman is in the key of B♭ minor (five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭).

What chords are in What Did You Mean When You Said Love?

What Did You Mean When You Said Love uses 13 chords: Bbm, Ebm, F, Ab, Ab/C, Db, Db/F, Absus4, Gb, F7, Db7, Ddim and 1 more.

What is the chord progression of What Did You Mean When You Said Love?

The main progression is Gb – Ab – Db – F7 (VI – VII – III – V7).

Is What Did You Mean When You Said Love easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes Am, Dm, E, G, C, Gsus4, F, E7, C7, C#dim (73% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 9% without a capo).

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