HOW TO PLAY -LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO 

How to play Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding on Guitar. Easy Beginner Guitar Song.

In this beginner guitar lesson/ tutorial from Studio33Guitar, we teach you how to play Love Me Like You Do on guitar. There is no acoustic guitar on the original song and most of the song is synthesizer/ keyboard sounds and drums. In this lesson, we will adapt it so that it is playable on acoustic guitar. We will start with showing the basic overview of the song, showing the chord progression for each section. We will then look more in depth at some variations on how to play the chords in the song and some different strumming pattern options. This is a fairly simple song which only uses a handful of chords. The main chords used are Gmaj, Bmin, and Emin. The song also uses a Cadd9, Dmaj, Amin and Dsus.

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Here is the chord chart and lyrics for the song.

Chord Chart

Verse 1
G
You’re the light, you’re the night
Bm7
You’re the color of my blood
Em7
You’re the cure, you’re the pain
C
You’re the only thing I wanna touch
D                                            Em7
Never knew that it could mean so much, so much

G
You’re the fear, I don’t care
Bm7
‘Cause I’ve never been so high
Em7
Follow me to the dark
C
Let me take you past our satellites
D                                            Em7
You can see the world you brought to life, to life

Chorus
G                                             Bm7
So love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do
Em7                                         C
Love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do
Am                                         Em
Touch me like you do, t-t-touch me like you do
Dsus4                                    D
……What are you waiting for?

Verse 2
G
Fading in, fading out
Bm7
On the edge of paradise
Em7
Every inch of your skin
C
is a holy grail I’ve got to find
D                                               Em7
Only you can set my heart on fire, on fire

G                                Bm7
Yeah, I’ll let you set the pace
Em7
‘Cause I’m not thinking straight
C                  D                Em7
My head spinning around I can’t see clear no more
Dsus4                            D
What are you waiting for?

Chorus
G                                              Bm7
Love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do (like you do)
Em7                                           C
Love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do
Am                                           Em
Touch me like you do, t-t-touch me like you do
Dsus4                                   D
……What are you waiting for?

G                                                            Bm7
Love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do (like you do)
Em7                                                       C
Love me like you do, l-l-love me like you do
Am                                                         Em
Touch me like you do, t-t-touch me like you do
Dsus4                                     D
……What are you waiting for?

Interlude
G D Em7

Bridge
G Bm7
Yeah, I’ll let you set the pace
Em7
‘Cause I’m not thinking straight
C                             D                                        Em7
My head’s spinning around I can’t see clear no more
Dsus4                            D
What are you waiting for?

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