George Michael - You Have Been Loved: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "You Have Been Loved" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

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

Am7                            B7sus4
She takes the back road and the lane
                             Am7
Past the school that has no changed
             D
In all this time

Am7                             B7sus4
She thinks of when the boy was young
         B7sus4      B7
All the battles she had won
 Em              Am7
Just to give him life
               B7sus4
That man - she loved that man
Am7          D
For all his life
Am7                           B7sus4
But now we meet to bring him flowers
        B7sus4 B7     Em
And only God knows why

D                              B7
For what's the use in pressing pamls
                               F#m
When children fade in mother's arms

Chorus:
F#m                     Fm#7
It's a cruel world, we've so much to loose
D            B7            E              Esus4 E
And what we have to learn we rarely choose
Am         Em6               D
So if it's God who took her son
    B#7          E    E7            A
He cannot be the one living in her mind
F     G       Am
Take care my love, she said
F       G         Am
Don't think that God is dead
F     G       Am
Take care my love, she said
F    G         C
You have been loved

If I was weak, forgive me
But I was terrified
You brushed my eyes with angels wings, full of love
The kind that makes devils cry

So these days
My life has changed
And I'll be fine
But she just sits and counts the hours
Searching for her crime

So what's the use of pressing palms
If you won't keep such love from harm

Chorus:
It's a cruel world
You've so much to prove
And heaven helps the ones who wait for you
Well I've no daughters, I've no sons
Guess I'm the only one
Living in my life

Take care my love, he said
Don't think that God is dead
Take care my love, he said

You have been loved


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord Am

Am7

Guitar chord Am7

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

Esus4

Guitar chord Esus4

Em6

Guitar chord Em6

E7

Guitar chord E7

F

Guitar chord F

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G

Guitar chord G

B7

Guitar chord B7

B7sus4

Guitar chord B7sus4

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 "You Have Been Loved" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "You Have Been Loved" by George Michael.