It’s time to learn guitar with Rock-Expert, as we decided to provide you with some simple chords from hit songs that have colored our lives. For the first pick, we opted to help you learn one of Toto’s hit songs, ‘Stop Loving You’, which we believe is a fun and melodic piece to play on guitar.
The famous rock ballad track was released on February 29, 1988, and was the first single from their album, “The Seventh One.” That song was written by the band’s frontman and guitarist, Steve Lukather, alongside pianist David Paich.
It’s one of our favorite songs from Toto, as it offers such a comforting vibe with lovely melodies, feel, solid lyrics, and catchy lines as well. It’s one of the songs that you can enjoy playing on your guitar and maybe make an attempt to sing it as well.
Here are the guitar chords for ‘Stop Loving You’:
Chords Used:
G7: 320001
G7sus4 (G7/4): 320011 (or 353533)
F: 133211 (or xx3211 for a simpler F major)
C/E: 032010 (or x32010 for C major, using the E bass note)
Bb: x13331 (or 688766)
C: x32010
Dm7: xx0211
Bb9: x13111 (can be played as a regular Bb major in some contexts)
G/B: x20003 (Just play a G major if you can’t hit the bass note easily)
F/A: x03211 (or just an F major)
Intro:
G7 G7sus4 G7 G7sus4
Verse 1:
G7 G7sus4
Reflections in my mind
G7 F C/E
Thoughts I can’t define
G7 G7sus4
My heart is racing, and the night goes on
G7 F C/E
I can almost hear a laugh coming from your photograph
G7 G7sus4
Funny, how a look can share a thousand
G7 G7sus4
Well-intended lies contemplating alibis
G7 F C/E
Is it really you or is it me I’m blaming?
G7 G7sus4
A distant memory flashes over me
G7 C/E F G/B C F/A Bb
Even though you’re gone, I feel you deep inside
Pre-Chorus:
C Bb F/A C
Oooh, dance beneath the light with that look in your eyes.
Chorus:
F Bb Dm7 C
I can’t stop loving you
F Bb Dm7 C
Time passes quickly, and chances are few
F Bb Dm7 C Bb9
I won’t stop till I’m through loving you, girl.
Verse 2:
G7 G7sus4
There’s a window in a heart
G7 F C/E
I’ve tried to look through from the start
G7 G7sus4
You’re never really sure what someone else is thinking
G7 F C/E
Someone’s broken something new, another altered point of view
G7 G7sus4
Just a certain someone’s conscience playing
G7 G7sus4
I held it in my hand I did not understand
G7 F C/E
What lives inside the wind that cries her name
G7 G7sus4
Trying to catch a shooting star what seems so close can’t be that far
G7 C/E F G/B C F/A Bb
Living in a dream that’s never-ending
Pre-Chorus:
C Bb F/A C
Oooh, dance beneath the light with that look in your eyes.
Chorus:
F Bb Dm7 C
I can’t stop loving you
F Bb Dm7 C
Time passes quickly, and chances are few
F Bb Dm7 C Bb9
I won’t stop till I’m through loving you, girl.
Guitar Solo:
G F F G
Pre-Chorus:
C Bb F/A C
Oooh, dance beneath the light with that look in your eyes.
Chorus (Outro):
F Bb Dm7 C
I can’t stop loving you
F Bb Dm7 C
Time passes quickly, and chances are few
F Bb Dm7 C Bb9
I won’t stop till I’m through loving you, girl.
(Repeat and fade with F Bb Dm C)
Here’s the music video for Toto’s ‘Stop Loving You’:
Hope you guys enjoy the chords and can play them well. See you soon with more exciting songs.
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