I have studied a lot of videos of this song, and I am pretty sure this is exactly how
Bob plays it. I have seen some videos where he moves the capo to the 4th fret, but
everything else stays the same. I won't put the timing in here, just the picking
patterns for the different parts of the song.
Capo 5
Picking pattern for the intro(follow the same pattern for the first half of the verse)
[D] [A] [G]
Picking pattern for the end of each verse
End Verse
I don't know why life it seems to be
Love is Love is Love is Ev - ry
[D]Soon Yi was a pilot in the nationally [A]known
[G]Amazing ladies of the [D]outer ozone
She didn't have no kids she didn't have no time
She was a woman of her word, she was a fighter of crime
She looked good in a hat, she had a natural way
With tools and no car she went to UCLA
And [D]everybody said she was as crazy as a [A]loon
When [G]she was a girl she'd spend every after[D]noon
Sitting in her backyard pretending to be
A fighter ace in the Japanese military
She liked to make up her mind, she kept her feet in the air
She wore her heart on her sleeve, cause she'd found it there
And it was [D]all well and good until she met this young [A]man
A young [G]pilot named steve with a beautiful [A]tan
He spoke English and French and swam like a swan
He had a mouth full of teeth and more style than Cйzanne
He could talk to the bees, he could breathe in the air
He wore his heart on his sleeve, cause he liked it there
And they'd [D]sit in the trees and they'd talk thru the [A]night
While the [G]blind moon swam in the pale starry [D]light
And they talked and they crowed and they told what they knew
It was better than beer, it was all strange and new
There was grass all around, there was black up above
It was more than hello, it was something like love
And I don't know why life, it seems to be
So hard for dreamers like you and me
When love is, love is, love is everywhere
Bob plays it. I have seen some videos where he moves the capo to the 4th fret, but
everything else stays the same. I won't put the timing in here, just the picking
patterns for the different parts of the song.
Capo 5
Picking pattern for the intro(follow the same pattern for the first half of the verse)
[D] [A] [G]
e------2---------------------------------------|
B------3--------2--------3----------------2----|
G----2---2------2--------0--------0-----0---0--|
D--0----------2---2----0---0----4---4\2--------|
A-----------0-----------------0----------------|
E--------------------3-------------------------|
Picking pattern for the end of each verse
e-------------------------------------|
B------2--------3--------5--------7---|
G------2--------0--------0--------0---|
D----2---2----4---4----5---5----7-----|
A--0--------0--------0--------0-------|
E-------------------------------------|
End Verse
I don't know why life it seems to be
e--------2------------------------------------------------|
B--------3--------------2-----------3----------------2----|
G-----2------2----------2-----------0--------0-----0---0--|
D--0-----------------2-----2------0---0----4---4\2--------|
A----------------0-----------------------0----------------|
E-------------------------------3-------------------------|
Love is Love is Love is Ev - ry
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------3------------------3----------------0----------------2--------|
G-------0-----0---0--------0-----0---0------0-----0---0------2-----2---2--|
D-----0---0-----0--------4---4-----4------0---0-----0------2---2-----2----|
A----------------------0---------------------------------0----------------|
D--3------------------------------------3---------------------------------|
[D]Soon Yi was a pilot in the nationally [A]known
[G]Amazing ladies of the [D]outer ozone
She didn't have no kids she didn't have no time
She was a woman of her word, she was a fighter of crime
She looked good in a hat, she had a natural way
With tools and no car she went to UCLA
And [D]everybody said she was as crazy as a [A]loon
When [G]she was a girl she'd spend every after[D]noon
Sitting in her backyard pretending to be
A fighter ace in the Japanese military
She liked to make up her mind, she kept her feet in the air
She wore her heart on her sleeve, cause she'd found it there
And it was [D]all well and good until she met this young [A]man
A young [G]pilot named steve with a beautiful [A]tan
He spoke English and French and swam like a swan
He had a mouth full of teeth and more style than Cйzanne
He could talk to the bees, he could breathe in the air
He wore his heart on his sleeve, cause he liked it there
And they'd [D]sit in the trees and they'd talk thru the [A]night
While the [G]blind moon swam in the pale starry [D]light
And they talked and they crowed and they told what they knew
It was better than beer, it was all strange and new
There was grass all around, there was black up above
It was more than hello, it was something like love
And I don't know why life, it seems to be
So hard for dreamers like you and me
When love is, love is, love is everywhere
