Chord Where Is Love Now by Nickel Creek

where is love now written by sam phillips , arranged and performed by nickel creek . charted by richard j . m . fry for courtney lawton * notes and notation * looks there for fun things! short things , tall things , things that ride on bikes! and , above all , things to help you interpret the song . capo 4 : key signature : E major/C relative to capo time signature : 4/4 tempo : 69 - 74 adagietto con dolcezza chords used in order relative to the capo : also , kids , seriously , check out notes and notations . everything there is meant to help you toaa lot . C : x32010 D/C : x3x232 Em : 022000 Am : x02210 Am7/G : 3x2010 * F : 133211 or 13321 xf/E : 03321x * Dm : xx0231 Dm/E : 0xx231 * D : xx0232 intro : C D/C C D/C C Em if i could wait here for you , Am Am7/G F without hope or knowing what to do . C Em watch the light fade away , Am Am/G F F/E without fear or knowing what to say . Dm ch Dm/E /Ch F F/E cry the tears from my eyes . Dm ch Dm/E /Ch F leave me here long enough to realize . C Em where is love now? C Em where is love now; Am D out here in the dark? C D/C C Em if i should hold all my dreams , Am Am/G F through the night of the way life sometimes seems . C Em and if i can’t see which way to go , Am Am/G F F/E i’ll stay lost in silence ’til i know . Dm ch Dm/E /Ch F F/E cry the tears from my eyes . Dm ch Dm/E /Ch F and leave me here long enough to realize . C Em where is love now? C Em where is love now; Am D Em D out here in the dark? instrumental solo : C Em Am F C Em Am F Dm ch Dm/E /Ch F F/E cry the tears from my eyes . Dm ch Dm/E /Ch F leave me here long enough to realize . C Em where is love now? C Em where is love now? C Em where is love now? C Em where is love now; Am D out here in the dark? Em D Am D out here in the dark? outro : Em D Em D C D/C * notes and notations * 1 . adagietto con dolcezza : slow , but not drudging . donat linger on chords too long or else the sound will quickly get stale . as well , donat heavy hand any of the chords - - delicate , like a somber lament . 2 . in regards to picking , sean watkins the guitarist for nickel creek is fond of mimicking finger picking with his style . think of a hideous amalgamation of travis picking , flatpicking , alternating bass picking , and crosspicking . as such , thereas really no right way to play this song . you can do delicate picking or finger style; itas really up to you . iam biased , as iam learned finger style first , but that is just me . 3 . any chord that is marked with an asterisk is something that is purely optional . as i mentioned , mr . watkins is keen on alternating bass , considering nickel creek very seldom runs with a double bassist , something odd for a bluegrass ensemble . as such , it is up to the guitarist to provide the stepping motion between chords . when you see a chord that is marked with a slash , it is a compound chord and is used as a stepping chord or A neighboring chord between tones . 4 . this part is theory babble , so feel free to disregard it . the only exception to the optional choice is the D/C chord , which is actually a tonic chord with a neighboring step up to the supertonic D , while still holding the C . itas not quite a suspended chord , as the D/C eventually resolves back to the tonic . as such , the C to D/C to C motion is an incomplete neighboring chord . as well , youare probably wondering why there is an Em present . well , a minor is the relative minor of C major , and the song does occasionally insinuate a modulation . however , seeing as it does not stay in a minor very long , this is simply a borrowing of chords from the relative minor rather than a full blown key change . that being said , you seldom and i mean , very seldom , find a usage of a minor v chord Em in a minor key . the v7 is much more enticing , as it allows a very quick segue into A major iv chord in the original key and eventually back to tonic . in the context of this song , however , a minor v chord does work as a pivot chord from Am to C , cutting out the need for a bridge between a v7/v to i . again , just theory babble . 5 . i addEd a second way to play the F major chord . this is because in the recording , you never hear the octave F on the high E string in the recording , so it is , in my opinion , unnecessary to play it . iam fond of leaving things out to preserve a good sound rather than a complete chord that doesnat inherently do anything to enhance the harmony . again , feel free to disregard this if you arenat interested . 6 . adh mor! good luck