Billy Idol - Cradle Of Love: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Cradle Of Love" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Cradle Of Love Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Billy Idol

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Cradle Of Love" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Chorus:
     A#
Well rock the cradle of love
Rock the cradle of love
         Gm           F
Yes the cradle of love
            Gm             F
don't rock easily it's true

Well, rock the cradle of love
I rocked the cradle of love
Yes, the cradle of love don't
rock easily, it's true
Well now

D#
It burned like a ball of fire
When the rebel took a little child bride
     Gm
To tease yeah, so go easy yeah
D#
'Cause love cuts a million ways
Shakes the devil when he misbehaves
   Gm             A#
I ain't nobody's fool
       Cm
Come on shake it up
G#          C#
Whatever I do

Chorus

Yeah-ow! Flesh for your Romeo
Ah yeah, baby
I hear you moan
It's easy y'know how to please me, yeah
Ow!

'Cause love starts my rollin' train
You can't stop it
It ain't in vain
I ain't nobody's fool
Come on, shake it up
Whatever I do

Fm C#                G#       Cm
      These are the wages of love
Fm   C#            G#        Cm
  I know rock the cradle of love
Fm C#  F            G#       Cm
     These are the wages of love
Fm    C#             G#
  mm yeah  Rock the cradle
Cm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Well, it burned like a ball on fire
When the rebel took a little child bride
To tease, yeah, to know how to please you, yeah
Ow!

Well my love starts a rollin' train
You can't stop it
It ain't in vain
I ain't nobody's fool

Come on, shake it up
Whatever I do o-o-ow!

Rock the cradle of love
Rock the cradle of love
Sent from heaven above
That's right
To rock the cradle of love, ow!

Rock the cradle of love
Yeah, cradle of love
That's me, mama
I robbed the devil of love
All right
Cradle of love
Ow!
If you tease me tonight
If you might sleaze me, all right
If you appease me tonight
And let me ease you
Yeah, ow!
Rock the cradle of love
Ooo yeah
Cradle of love
All right
I'll snatch you back from salvation soul, mama
Yeah wow


You can simplify chords by removing barre

Transpose

Reset

Font Size

Reset

Simplify chords by removing barre

Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Cradle Of Love" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Cradle Of Love" by Billy Idol.