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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3"And I Love You So" Composed and Sung by Don McLean 1973 -/theleonarrow I play with capo on 5th fret and pick each chord in style of riffs, then gently strum the chorus and riff on G and Am Intro G e ----3-----------------3------ b ----3--1--3--1--0-----3---1-3 g --0------------------0------- D ----------------------------- A 2---------------------------- E 3------------------3----3---- Riff1 Riff2 G Am e ----3------------- -----0----0-0-----------0-- b ----3--1--3--1--0- -----1----0-1-----------1-- g --0--------------- ----2--------2--0--2--2---- D ------------------ --------------------------- A 2----------------- --0-----0-----------0------ E 3----------------- --------------------------- Intro: G (play riff 1) G Am (riff2) D And I love you so. G (riff1) - Em The people ask me how, Am (riff2) - C How I've lived till now. D - G I tell them I don't know. Am (riff2) D I guess they understand G (riff1) - Em How lonely life has been. Am (riff2) - C But life began again G (riff1) (down to f# on bass) The day you took my hand. G Bm Am Am7 And, yes, I know how lonely life can be. C D G (riff on b string 3-1-0) then descend bass (e string 3,2) The shadows follow me, and the night won't set me free. Em Bm Am Am7 But I don't let the evening get me down D D7 G Now that you're around me. intro riff G Am D And you love me, too. G - Em Your thoughts are just for me; Am - C You set my spirit free. D - G I'm happy that you do. Am D The book of life is brief G - Em And once A page is read, Am - C All but love is dead. G - G(sus4)- G That is my belief. G Bm Am Am7 And, yes, I know how loveless life can be. D D7 G The shadows follow me, and the night won't set me free. Em Bm Am Am7 But I don't let the evening bring me down D - D7 G Now that you're around me. G Am D And I love you so. G - Em The people ask me how, Am - C How I've lived till now. D/G I tell them I don't know.