Frankie Goes to Hollywood       ZTT

                The Power of Love               Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984)

 

        Verse 1:

        Am

        I'll protect you from the Hooded Claw

        F                                                               (v.slow)

        Keep the vampires from your door

        Am                              F              Am

        aye   ay   ye    ay   ye   aye      feels like fire

                            F                                           (slow)

        I'm so in love with you

        Am                           F

        Dreams are like angels, they keep bad at bay (bad at bay)

        Em                        F                          Am

        Love is the light scaring darkness a away ye aaaa ay yay

                            F

        I'm so in love with you, purge the soul

        Em   Em       F            Am

       Make love yooouurrr    gooooaal

 

        Chorus:

        Am           F                 Em                F

        The power of love a force from above cleaning my soul

        G               F     F (stop)             G

        Flame on burn desire, love with tongues of fire purge the soul

        F    F (stop)          Am

        Make love       yoooouuurr gooooaal

 

        Verse 2:

        Am                        F

        I'll protect you from the Hooded Claw

                                    Em

        Keep the vampires from your door

                                     F

        When the chips are down I'll be around

                        Am

        With my undying death defying love for you

        F                     Em

        Envy will hurt itself let yourself be beautiful

        F                                     Am

        Sparkling like flowers and pearls and pretty girls

                            F                        Em              F

        Love is like an energy, rushing in rushing inside of me  hey yeah

       

        Chorus:

 

        Bridge:

        F                                       Em

        This time we go so blind,               Lovers entwined divine, divine

                F                               Em

        Love is danger, love is pleasure,       Love is pure the only treasure

 

        Am           F                 Em                 F

        The power of love a force from above, cleaning my soul

        G            F                 G                     F

        The power of love a force from above a skyscraping do--ove

        G               F     F (stop)             G

        Flame on burn desire, love with tongues of fire, purge the soul

        F    F (stop)                  Am

        Make love       yooooouuurr gooooaal

 

        define:

        e------------------0---------------5-0--------

        B--3-3-1-3----3-1---------3-3-1-3------3--1---

        G--------------------2---------------------2--

        D---------------------------------------------

 

         Polarity Gain Bass Parametric Tre Rev   Gain Bass  Mid Treb  Rev Vol Rev    Vol Bass  Mid  Treb  B1  B2  B3

 

 

 

 

  (Am)                   (F)

e--0-----------------------------------------

B-----10\-8\---------------1-----------------

G--------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------

      I'm so in love with you, purge the soul

 

  (Em)                     (F)

e-(8-7---------------------------------------

B------8)------6-h8\-------1--------(1)---(3)-

G------------9-------------------------------

D--------------------------------------------

            make love your go---oal

 

 

 

 

 

EADGBe

xx2210 - Am^

xx3211 - F^

x02210 - Am

x02230 - Am(11)

133211 - F

355433 - G

022000 - Em

 

 

/ is a slide up

\ is a slide dowm

p is a pull-off

h is a hammer-on

 

(c) at the beginning of the bridge is a single note, not the major chord

 

 

 

*For the tab part between the first and second verses, you can play it  

over(/at the same time as) Am, G(III):

 

  Am(11) G    G           Am       G        Am

e----------------------------------5-0---------

B--3-3-1-3----3----5------3-3-1-3--3---3-\1----

G--2-2---4----4--5---2----2-2---4--4-------2---

D--2-----5----5------2----2-----5--3-------2---

A--0-----5----5-----------0-----5--5-------0---

 

 

 

or over Am  G(0):

 

*  Am(11)G          Am             G       Am

e--------3--------0----------------5p0---------

B--3-3-1-3----3-1---------3-3-1-3--3---3-\1----

G--2-2---0----------2-----2-2------0-------2---

D--2-----0----------2-----2-------(0)------2---

A--0-----2----------0-----0----------------0---

E--------3-------------------------------------

 

 

 

or forget the Gs completely and just play it over Am:

 

*  Am

e-----------------0---------------/5p0---------

B--3-3-1-3----3-1---------3-3-1-3------3-p1----

G--2-2-2-2----2-2---2-----2-2-2------------2---

D--2-----2----2-----2-----2----------------2---

A--0-----0----------0-----0----------------0---

E----------------------------------------------

 

 

From the single, also on Welcome to the Pleasuredome. The recording is in  

Eb (capo at 8th fret)