The Human League - Louise
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Tuning: E A D G B E
I appreciate all the other versions of this song, but I feel like they are missing something. It's hard to
take a strictly keyboard song and make it into a guitar song. I do agree with the riff parts as described in
the other songs and will copy them here, giving credit to migster who used it in the first version of the
song.
"The fills [near] the end of every 2nd line are a basic D riff:
Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
The riff timings can be a little tricky when singing along, but listen to the song and it will make sense."
In my version, from the Riff, slide up from the last D in the riff to a G/D played up a fret
from the D and the G/D is what starts the lyrics. Also, in the Chorus, all the chords are barr chords
except for the D. On the 4th line of the chorus, play the G, and then play a run of just the bar finger from
G to G# and then play the A. Playing with a bass player would really carry this song. I picked up the chords
from this version on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKncmqGKE5E
G/D - x x o 4 3 3
[Intro]
G/D D D-riff X2
[Verse]
G/DWhen he saw her getting off the bus
D D-riff
It seemed to wipe away the years
G/DHer face was older, just a little rough
D D-riff
But her eyes were still so clear
G/DHe drank his coffee and he hurried out
D D-riff
Across before she walked away
G/DThen he approached her like a little child
D D-riff
Too scared for what he had to say
[Chorus]
"BmHello, Louise
RGemember me?
NDow should we pF#mart
Or stay aGwhiGl
G/D D-riff
[Verse]
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eG#? A As if we were still loG/Dvers"G/DShe took a moment just to recognise
D D-riff
The man she'd known so well before
G/DAnd as he started to apologise
D D-riff
Lose any bitterness she bore
G/DShe gently put her finger on his lips
D D-riff
To let him know she understood
G/DAnd with her suitcase standing on the floor
D D-riff
Embraced him like a lover would
[Chorus]
BmHe told Louise
G"You look so good
DIt's just you F#msee
You make me GfeGe
-
lG# AAs if we were stillG/D lovers"
G/D D D-riff
[Bridge]
(The next four lines are spoken with the A and G chords (listen to the song))
It'As not always true tGhat time heals all woAunds
There are wounds that you don'Gt wanna heal
The memories of something reAally good
Something trulyG real, that you never found agaG#in A
As If we were still lG/Dovers
D D-riff
[Verse]
G/DAnd though they talked for just a little time
D D-riff
Before she said she had to go
G/DHe saw the meeting as a tiny sign
D D-riff
That told him all he had to know
[Chorus]
BmAnd so Louise
GWaved from the bus
DAnd as she F#mleft
She gavGe tG#hatA smile
As if they were stG/Dill lovers
[Outro]
D D-riff G/D .... repeat and fade