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The Beatles - Can’t Buy Me Love Chords

Chord reference C, Em, Am, Dm, G, F
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

Can’t buy me [Em]love, [Am] [Em]love [Am]oh, can’t buy me [Dm]love. [G]

I’ll [C]buy you a diamond ring my friend if it makes you feel alright. I’ll [F]get you anything my friend if it [C]makes you feel alright. ‘Cause [G]I don’t care too [F]much for money, [F]money can’t buy me [C]love.

I’ll [C]give you all I got to give if you say you love me too. I [F]may not have a lot to give but what I [C]got I’ll give to you. [G]I don’t care too [F]much for money, [F]money can’t buy me [C]love.

Can’t buy me [Em]love [Am], [C]everybody tells me so. Can’t buy me [Em]love [Am], [Dm]no no no [G]no.

[C]Say you don’t need no diamond ring and I’ll be satisfied. [F]Tell me that you want the kind of thing that [C]money just can’t buy. [G]I don’t care too [F]much for money, [F]money can’t buy me [C]love.

Artist The Beatles
Album A Hard Day's Night
Genres Rock
Year 1964
Key C

How to Play Can't Buy Me Love on Guitar?

The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love can be played in the key of C using the C, Em, Am, Dm, G, F chords.

  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Can't Buy Me Love with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.