May202023

PIANO: Lewis Capaldi – Haven’t You Ever Been In Love Before Chords

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[Intro]
C# G#

[Verse 1]
C#
Don't put your cover up
G#
You know it's bad for
your health
A#m
And, when the going's tough
G#
You're way too
 hard on yourself
C#
I wish you'd open up
G#
And I'd lend a
 little to help
A#m
Before you dive off
      G#
the deep end

[Pre-Chorus]
           A#m
Will you hold me
            F#
like you want me?
         C#
But you don't give
             G#
me nothin' else
             A#m
Feel this happening
               F#
But you feel absent
          C#              G#
Can you tell me what it is?

[Chorus]
                C#
And she said this
G#
"Haven't you ever been
    A#m      F#
 in love before?
You heard 'em say,
 C#                 G#
it takes the pain away
             A#m
And it's a feelin'
                  F#
that you can't ignore
                       C#
But it's more like a knife
              G#
 to me than a high to mе
         A#m
And my heart can't
               F#
 fall apart anymore
                    C#
If you knew what I knеw,
                  G#
 you'd be terrified
Haven't you ever been
     A#m        F#
in love before?"

[Verse 2]
C#
If we don't work it out
G#
That's something I could accept
A#m
But I feel you're ruling out
G#
A love that ain't happened yet
C#
And, maybe I'm a fool
G#
But I just can't
live with regret
A#m
I'd rather dive
          G#
off the deep end

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[Pre-Chorus]
           A#m
Will you hold me
            F#
 like you want me?
         C#
But you don't give
            G#
me nothin' else
             A#m
Feel this happening
               F#
But you feel absent
          C#              G#
Can you tell me what it is?

[Chorus]
                C#
And she said this
G#
"Haven't you ever been
    A#m      F#
in love before?
You heard 'em say,
  C#                 G#
 it takes the pain away
             A#m
And it's a feelin'
                  F#
that you can't ignore
                       C#
But it's more like a knife
               G#
to me than a high to mе
         A#m
And my heart can't
                F#
fall apart anymore
                    C#
If you knew what I knеw,
                   G#
you'd be terrified
Haven't you ever been
    A#m        F#
in love before?"

[Bridge]
                  A#m     G#
Well, we could be falling
C#      F#
Falling
        A#m
There's nothing I want
           G#
 more than all that you've got
           C#      F#
'Cause I'm falling

[Chorus]
                C#
And she said this
G#
"Haven't you ever
         A#m      F#
been in love before?
You heard 'em say,
 C#                 G#
 it takes the pain away
             A#m
And it's a feelin'
                   F#
that you can't ignore
                       C#
But it's more like a knife
              G#
 to me than a high to mе
         A#m
And my heart can't
                F#
fall apart anymore
                    C#
If you knew what I knеw,
                   G#
 you'd be terrified
Haven't you ever been
    A#m        G#
in love before?"

[Outro]
C# G# A#m F#
C# G# A#m G#

How to play Haven’t You Ever Been In Love Before: key, chords and progression

These are Haven’t You Ever Been In Love Before chords by Lewis Capaldi on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Haven’t You Ever Been In Love Before by PIANO: Lewis Capaldi is built around D♭ major (five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭), with 4 chords in all: C#, G#, A#m and F#.

Most of the song cycles through G# – A#m – F# – C# (V – vi – IV – I in D♭ major), a rotation of the “four-chord” pop progression (I–V–vi–IV). In solfa, that is soh – lah – fah – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 6th fret and play the shapes G, D, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.