"I'll Turn to Stone" by the Four Tops
(Holland-Dozier-Holland, R. Dean Taylor)
1967
Rhythm: w(down) u(up)
1 & 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 3 & 4
__ __ __ __
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
w u w w u w w u w w u w
with the exception of the Dsus4 and D in the chorus
I play a 1 & 2 &
____
/ / / /
w u w u
Also, the G and A in the chorus are barre chords
Chorus:
Dsus4 D F#m
If you take your love from me,
G A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone
Dsus4 D F#m
If your love I couldn't call my own,
G A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
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Verse 1:
D A
I need your love in every way
D A
Your love I cling to when things slip away.
D A
Without your love I'll be lost and alone.
D A
No reason for living, all purpose would be gone.
Em F#m F#
Without you there for my eyes to behold
Bm E7
My life would be empty, my heart would grow cold.
Chorus:
Dsus4 D F#m
If you take your love from me,
G A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
Dsus4 D F#m
If your love I couldn't call my own,
G A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
Verse 2:
D A
When I think of love, I think of me and you.
D A
When I think of happiness I think of us too.
D A
You're my yesterdays, and all my tomorrows,
D A
The air I breathe. Everything I need.
Em F#m F#
If from my life you were ever gone,
Bm E7
I'd fall to pieces. You I depend on.
Chorus:
Dsus4 D F#m
If you take your love from me,
G A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
Dsus4 D F#m
If your love I couldn't call my own,
G A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
Verse 3:
D A
Darling without you I'll go on searching
D A
With a lonely heart that won't stop hurting.
D A
Sorrow would be written on my face
D A
All my tears would leave its trace.
Em F#m F#
I would be like a statue in a park
Bm E7
Cold and alone, a man without a heart.
Chorus:
Dsus4 D F#m
If you take your love from me,
G A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
Dsus4 D F#m
If your love I couldn't call my own,
G A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone.
Fade:
Dsus4 D F#m
Turn to stone, turn to stone
G A
Just turn to stone, I'll turn to stone.
Dsus4 D F#m
If your love I couldn't call my own.
G A
I'll turn to stone, just turn to stone,
G A
I'll turn to stone, turn to stone...
String muting while strumming also does nicely
God bless!
