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Have I Told You Lately chords by Van Morrison

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Have I Told You Lately | Chords + Lyrics

Intro

| F#m11 | B11 |
||: E G#m | A B11 :||
| Amaj7 | G#m7 |
| F#m7 B11 | E B11 |

Verse 1

| E G#m | A B11 |
Have I told you lately that I love you?
| E G#m | A B11 |
Have I told you there’s no one above you?
| Amaj7 | G#m7 |
Fill my heart with gladness, take away my sadness, yeah.
| F#m7 B11 | E B11 |
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do.

Verse 2

Oh, the morning sun and all its glory.
Greets the day with hope and comfort too.
And you fill my life with laughter, you can make it better.
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do.

Bridge 1

| Amaj7 | Amaj7 | G#m7 | G#m7 |
There’s a love that’s divine, and it’s yours, it’s mine, like the sun.
| Amaj7 | Amaj7 | G#m7 | B11 |
At the end of the day, we should give thanks and pray, to the one.

Verse 3

Said, have I told you lately that I love you?
Have I told you there’s no one above you?
Fill my heart with gladness, take away my sadness.
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do.

Solo

||: E G#m | A B11 :||
| Amaj7 | G#m7 |
| F#m7 B11 | E B11 |

Bridge 2

There’s a love that’s divine, and it’s yours and it’s mine, and it’s just like the sun.
At the end of the day, we would give thanks and pray, to the one.

Verse 4

Have I told you lately that I love you?
Have I told you there’s no one, above you?
Fill my heart with gladness, take away my sadness.
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do.

Outro

| Amaj7 | G#m7 |
Take away my sadness, fill my life with gladness, and.
| F#m7 B11 | E B11 |
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do, yeah.
| Amaj7 | G#m7 |
Fill my life with gladness, yeah, take away my sadness,
| F#m7 B11 | B11 | E |
Ease my troubles, that’s what you, do.

Have I Told You Lately Chords: Learn the progressions

Similar to an earlier Van Morrison hit, Crazy Love, Have I Told You Lately‘s chords also move I – III – IV.

The difference is, instead of going back to chord I, we go to a B11, an extended V chord. Here’s the chord progression for the verse:

||: E (I) G#m (II) | A (IV) B11 (V) :||
| Amaj7 (IV) | G#m7 (III) |
| F#m7 (II) B11 (V) | E B11 |

This is pretty simple stuff, what I find interesting is how there are no extensions for the first three chords, then a big one, B11. For the second half, it’s all extensions: maj7 – m7 – m7 – 11.

Clearly, Van the Man has worked out how to craft a tune, this builds so well!

The bridge section is genius as it recycles the second half of the verse chords, but draws it out, like this:

The outro is just the second half of the verse on repeat.

The intro is all piano which I’ve transcribed for guitar, here’s a link to the TAB lesson: Have I Told You Lately – Guitar Lesson with TAB.

I’ve made two verse examples and one bridge as well. Learn/understand these and you’ll be able to improvise your way through the chord changes of Have I Told You Lately.

Armed with the experience of playing through the TAB, this chord chart is all you need.

Have I Told You Lately That I Love You chord chart.

Have I Told You Lately Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro

Should you want to download this chart, here’s a PDF: Have I Told You Lately Chord Chart PDF.

This chord chart was created using iReal Pro, here’s a link to that file: Have I Told You Lately iReal Pro. Using this and the iRealPro app, you can change the key.

Have I Told You Lately – the perfect Father-Daughter dance!

I’ve played this tune many times as a first dance at weddings, but I feel it’s even better suited to the 2nd dance, the one for the Father-Daughter, closely tied with My Girl.

Should you be called upon to play this tune with a band on the circuit, there’s something you should be aware of; there are two, maybe even three versions!

First of all, we have Van Morrison’s original (1989) which I’ve discussed above, but Rod Stewart recorded a very popular cover in 1991 on his album Vagabond Heart as well.

Rod’s version does have a slightly different title; Have I Told You Lately That I Love You, but don’t let that put your mind at ease, there’s an Elvis tune called this too which is a completely different song!

The experienced super-pro writes out two charts, one in E, and one in Bb, then casually asks, are we doing Van the Man’s original or Rod’s cover?

As the panic spreads among the band members, you can send them a chart of whichever you all decide on and save the day.

Hopefully, nobody’s gone and learned the Elvis tune!

Have I Told You Lately Chords | Related Pages

Have I Told You Lately | Guitar Lesson + TAB

In this guitar lesson, you get the TAB for the intro, verse and bridge of Have I Told You Lately, all built for one acoustic guitar.

| E G#m | A B11 |
Have I told you lately that I love you?

Five similar tunes | Chords + Lyrics

When you can play Have I Told You Lately's chords, try these five tunes from the songbook.

Van Morrison tunes

Van Morrison wrote Have I Told You Lately.

Starting out in his native Northern Ireland with the band Them, Van Morrison’s solo career began with one of the worst record deals in the history of the business.

His best-known tunes include Gloria, Brown Eyed Girl, Moondance, Crazy Love, Into The Mystic, and Have I Told You Lately.

Van Morrison on the web

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