Can’t Buy Me Love Chords & Guitar Lesson

Welcome to my Can’t Buy Me Love chord chart by The Beatles. This is a super fun song and is a great way to work on your 7 chords as this song throws a lot of them into the mix.

If you don’t know your 7 chords yet, not worries. You can play the regular chords and it will work fine. It just won’t sound like the record. Also, if you don’t know barre chords yet or don’t play them that well. Try the Fmaj7 chord below.

Fmaj7

Can’t Buy Me Love Guitar Chords:

Can’t Buy Me Love Strumming Patterns:

Easy Strumming:
1 2 3 +4
DD DUD

Suggested Strumming: More of a triplet feel
1  2 3 + a 4 + a
D D D   UD    U

Another Strumming Option:
1 2 + 3 + 4 +
DDU    U DU

Some of the chords in the Chorus tend to up meaning the chords with change on the last up strum. The verse tends to keep more of a straight rhythm but you can go back and forth. I would take a listen to the song to here these differences.

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Can’t Buy Me Love Guitar Lesson:

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Can’t Buy Me Love Chord Chart:

Chorus:
                            Em  Am  Em Am                             Dm7 G7
Can't buy me love,         love,       Can't buy me love.

Verse:
      C7                                 C7                               C7                           C7
I'll buy you a diamond ring my friend, if it makes you feel alright.
     F7                     F7                                 C7                           C7
I'll get you anything my friend, if it makes you feel alright.
           G7                           F7(one strum)            C7                                  C7
Cause I don't care too     much for money, money can't buy me love.

Verse:
      C7                        C7                            C7                           C7
I'll give you all I've got to give, if you say you love me too.
    F7                                     F7                        C7                      C7
I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you.
           G7                           F7(one strum)            C7                                  C7
Cause I don't care too     much for money, money can't buy me love.

Chorus:
Em   Am  C7                                C7
Can't buy me love,         everybody tells me so.
Em  Am  Dm7            G7
Can't buy me love,         no, no, no, no!

Verse:
C7                                            C7                           C7                 C7
Say you don't need no diamond rings and I'll be satisfied.
      F7                                                F7                                 C7                         C7
Tell me that you want the kind of things that money just can't buy.
G7                         F7(one strum)   C7                                                 C7
I don't care too         much for money, money can't buy me love.

Solo:
C7 C7 C7 C7
F7  F7 C7 C7
G7  F7 C7 C7

Chorus:
                            Em   Am  C7                                C7
Can't buy me love,         everybody tells me so.
                             Em  Am  Dm7            G7
Can't buy me love,           no, no, no, no!

Verse:
 C7                                        C7                             C7                 C7
Say you don't need no diamond rings and I'll be satisfied.
 F7                                              F7                                  C7                         C7
Tell me that you want the kind of things that money just can't buy.
            G7                          F7(one strum)               C7                                C7
Cause I don't care too      much for money, money can't buy me love.

Chorus and Outro:
                           Em  Am Em Am                          Dm7  G7  C7 C7 (one strum)
Can't buy me love,       love,     Can't buy me love,

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