Sinéad O’Connor - John I Love You: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "John I Love You" 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.

 C      Gm
John I love you
    C        Gm
I'm ever so fond of you
 C        Gm
Will you wait for me
C          Gm
'Til I am heavenly
C           Am           G
Oh there's much work to do
G/D G/C G/B G
But I love you

C          Gm
Oh you're tender
      C        Gm    F
Your name's a whisper

C      Gm              C
I let tears fall like rain
Gm               C
Apple-sized they were
Gm    C   Gm
All over her
C           Gm            C
And through all of those times
Gm                   C
When you could have died
Gm           C       Gm
This is what you find

Chorus:
         C      Gm         C       Gm
There's life outside your mother's garden
         C     Gm         C        Gm
There's life beyond your wildest dreams
       C     Gm   C       Gm
There hasn't been any explosion
       C      Gm         C     Gm
We're not spinning like Dorothy
        C            Gm
If you look now then you'll see why
C          Gm
Don't be afraid to cry
  C              Am            G
This time don't let yourself fly

Child, you're tender
Your name's a whisper

Chorus:
There's life outside your mother's garden
There's life beyond your wildest dreams
There hasn't been any explosion
We're not spinning like Dorothy
And if you look now then you'll see why
Don't be afraid to cry
This time don't let yourself fly
Child
Pick up those dancing shoes
Kick off those wedding blues
These are the ways
You can choose

Child, I love you
I'm ever so fond of you


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

G

Guitar chord G

B

Guitar chord B

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 "John I Love You" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "John I Love You" by Sinéad O’Connor.