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Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division - Guitar Chords

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            * Song recorded in Nov. 1979 as a Peel Session, in Jan. 1980 at Pennine Sound Studios, in March 1980 at 
Strawberry Studios (used in the Substance CD and the official video: 
--.-/watch?ds49azuuObGsB0No). I used that last version.
* Note that 12” mixes also exist with longer interludes and additional interlude and chorus at the end.
* See --.discogs-/fr/Joy-Division-Love-Will-Tear-Us-Apart/master/5095 for more informations. 
* Intro: you can play A5 (577xxx => A E A) with sometimes 570xxx to introduce a D, inspired by the video 
--/yOsL16fcBXs?t=63 where Peter Hook plays x779 (E A E) with some x709 (E D E). Or play an 
A7sus2/E (002000) as Bernard Sumner in --.-/watch?ds49a3Z6DlCl6jvQ 
* The riff comes from the same B. Sumner's video (but with a capo 2 to fit his voice).
* Some ideas for variations: replacing the D A sequence by G6/D (xx0000) A sounds good and is easier. 
You can alternate A and Asus2 (x02200) and even add some Asus4 (x02230). Bsus2 (x24422) can add some 
interesting colors: I like to play Bm Bsus2 Bm G6/D A Asus2 A. You can also use some Em7 and A7.
* See also my chords for the Adrian Borland's version which is the more profound and moving cover I know:
-tabs.--/tab/adrian-borland/love-will-tear-us-apart-chords-3350666

[Chords]
A5     577xxx
Dsus4  xx0233
Dsus2  xx0230

[Riff]
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--2---4-5-4-2-0-----0-----|
A|----------------2------0--|
E|--------------------------|

[Intro]
| A5 | (8x)
Em  D  Dsus4  D  Dsus2  Bm   D A
Em  D  Dsus4  D  Dsus2  Bm   D A

[Verse 1]
     Em                 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
When routine bites hard
Bm             D   A
And ambitions are low
      Em                  D Dsus4 D Dsus2
And resentment rides high
Bm            D      A
But emotions won't grow
           Em               D Dsus4 D Dsus2
And we're changing our ways,
Bm           D     A
Taking different roads

[Chorus]
     Em    D    Dsus4 D   Dsus2  Bm   D A
Then love, love will  tear us   apart again
     Em    D    Dsus4 D   Dsus2  Bm   D A
     love, love will  tear us   apart again

[Interlude]
Em  D  Dsus4  D  Dsus2  Bm   D A

[Verse 2]
           Em              D Dsus4 D Dsus2
Why is the bedroom so cold
Bm              D    A
Turned away on your side?
      Em                 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
Is my timing that flawed
Bm              D   A
Our respect run so dry?
            Em                D Dsus4 D Dsus2
Yet there's still this appeal
Bm                       D   A
That we've kept through our lives

[Chorus]
    Em    D    Dsus4 D   Dsus2  Bm   D A
But love, love will  tear us   apart again
    Em    D    Dsus4 D   Dsus2  Bm   D A
    love, love will  tear us   apart again

[Interlude]
| A5 | (8x)
Em  D  Dsus4  D  Dsus2  Bm   D A
Em  D  Dsus4  D  Dsus2  Bm   D A

[Verse 3]
           Em                D Dsus4 D Dsus2
Do you cry out in your sleep
Bm              D  A
All my failings exposed?
              Em                D Dsus4 D Dsus2
And there's a taste in my mouth
Bm              D     A
As desperation takes hold
         Em                D Dsus4 D Dsus2
Yet that something so good
Bm                  D   A
Just can't function no more?

[Chorus]
    Em    D    Dsus4 D   Dsus2  Bm   D A
But love, love will  tear us   apart again
    Em    D    Dsus4 D   Dsus2  Bm   D A
    love, love will  tear us   apart again
    Em    D    Dsus4 D   Dsus2  Bm   D A
    love, love will  tear us   apart again
    Em    D    Dsus4 D   Dsus2  Bm   D A
    love, love will  tear us   apart again

[Outro]
| A5 | (4x)
D          A
(arpegiatte and repeat fading)
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