Chords + Lyrics | Best Of My Love
Intro
| G11 | G11 |
||: F C/E | Dm7 C (Dm7 C/E) :||
Verse 1
||: F C/E | Dm C (Dm7 C/E) :||
Doesn’t take much to make me happy, and make me smile with glee.
Never, never will I feel discouraged, ’cause our love’s no mystery.
Demonstrating love and affection, that you give so openly, yeah.
I like the way you make me feel about you, baby. Want the whole wide world to see.
Chorus 1
||: F C/E | Dm7 C (Dm7 C/E) :||
Whoa, whoa, you’ve got the best of my love.
Whoa, whoa (whoa), you’ve got the best of my love.
Whoa, whoa, you’ve got the best of my love.
Whoa, whoa (whoa), you’ve got the best of my love.
Verse 2
Going in and out of changes, the kind that come around each day.
My life has a better meaning, love has kissed me in a beautiful way.
Bridge 1
| Fmaj7 | Em7 |
Oh (duru duru), yeah (duru duru).
| Dm7 | Cmaj7 |
My love, my love.
| Fmaj7 | Em7 |
Oh (duru duru, duru duru). Oh, yeah.
| G#dim7 | Am7 |
My love, my love (wooh).
| Dm9 D9 | G11 |
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh.
Chorus 2
Oh, you’ve got the best of my love.
Whoa, whoa, (you got the best) you’ve got the best of my love.
Whoa, whoa, you’ve got the best of my love.
Whoa, whoa, you’ve got the best of my love.
Verse 3
Demonstrating sweet love and affection, that you give so openly, yeah.
The way I feel about you, baby, can’t explain it. Want the whole wide world to see.
Bridge 2
Oh, but in my heart. (duru duru) You’re all I need (duru duru).
You for me, and me for you (my love, my love).
Oh, (duru duru, duru duru).
It’s growing every day (my love, my love).
| Dm9 D9 | G11 | G11 |
Oh, oh oh (duru duru, duru duru, oh).
Chorus 3
Oh, oh oh oh oh, oh. You’ve got the best of my love.
Oh, oh oh oh oh, oh. You’ve got the best of my love.
I’m giving you the best of my love (my love, oh yeah, my love).
I’m giving you the best of my love (my love, oh, oh yeah).
Oh, oh oh oh oh, oh. You’ve got the best of my love.
Oh, oh oh oh oh, oh (oh, my love). You’ve got the best of my love.
I’m giving you the best of my love (you’ve got the best,
you’ve got the best, you’ve got the best, you’ve got the best).
I’m giving you the best of my love.
Best of My Love Backing Tracks | Chord Analysis
Above, you’ll find backing tracks to use when learning Best Of My Love. I’ve used stem-seperation to extract the guitar while keeping the drums, bass, keys, horns, and vocals intact.
After studying the chords and TAB, use my backing tracks to prepare for playing this tune with a band.
Chord Progressions – What’s Going On?
The chords for Best Of My Love are fairly simple, but what sets them apart is that the key centre isn’t based around the major scale (Ionian, chord I) or minor scale (Aeolian, chord VI).
It doesn’t even settle around chord II (Dorian), as many songs in this style do—Good Times by Chic is a great example. Instead, Best Of My Love revolves around Lydian, creating a constant sense of forward motion without ever truly feeling resolved.
In the key of C, F functions as chord IV (Lydian). The progression then moves down the scale, passing through the 3rd of chord I (C/E), then Dm (chord II), followed by C, back to Dm, and returning to C/E, like this:
||: F C/E | Dm C (Dm7 C/E) :||
This looping progression is incredibly effective—starting on the IV chord means the harmony never fully settles, keeping the movement alive.
Bridge
When the bridge enters, we first hear a subtle variation: Fmaj7 – Em7 – Dm7 – Cmaj7. Apart from the extensions, the main difference is the spacing between the chords:
| Fmaj7 | Em7 | Dm7 | Cmaj7 |
The second half of the bridge introduces a shift, moving through:
| Fmaj7 | Em7 | G#dim7 | Am7 | Dm9 D9 | G11 |
For the second bridge, we stay on the G11 for another bar. After this, we return to the never-ending Lydian chord loop.
And that’s pretty much all you need to know about Best Of My Love’s chords. Now all you need is a disco band and some tight trousers—time to try it live!
Take this chord chart with you as a reminder of Best Of My Love’s chords.
Best Of My Love Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro Download
Here’s a link to download the PDF of my chord chart: Best Of My Love chord chart PDF.
And here’s the iReal Pro version: Best Of My Love iRealPro.
Using the iReal Pro app, you can quickly change the key if your singer needs a last-minute adjustment.
Best Of My Love | TAB
Let’s start with the intro, as this has to be played correctly and comes back at the end of the bridge.
Bass line
The chords for the verse and chorus are driven by a syncopated bass line—lean into it for maximum groove.
Verse + Chorus chords
Here’s how you could play the chords along with that bass. This mirrors what the keys do and helps if you need to cover the keyboard part.
Notice how F and Dm7 are played similarly, and C/E is often just played as C.
Try moving up and down the neck a bit more for variation:
Guitar part
Against that bass and keyboard foundation, the guitar plays this:
Every four bars, there’s a lick. When you can play this comfortably, start inventing your own! Notice how there’s a dot above the 8th notes, this means to “play short”, as a 16th note.
Bridge
The bridge extends the verse/chorus and is where you should fully join in with keyboards, horns, and strings.
The last section revisits the intro; in the first bridge, only the first bar is played.
Once you’ve mastered all this TAB, try the chord chart and backing tracks above.
One of the hits that came to define Disco
Written by members of Earth, Wind & Fire, Best of My Love was released in 1977 as a single by The Emotions.
It became the group’s biggest hit, reaching number one in the U.S. and charting strongly worldwide. The collaboration with Earth, Wind & Fire proved pivotal, leading to another major hit with Boogie Wonderland. For Earth, Wind & Fire, Boogie Wonderland was released between September and After the Love Has Gone, cementing their dominance in the disco era.
Alongside tracks like September, After the Love Has Gone, and hits from the Bee Gees, Chic, The Pointer Sisters, Rose Royce, The Trammps, and Sister Sledge, Best of My Love became a defining track of the late ’70s disco movement.
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