Guitar chord Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Crazy Little Thing Called Love was written by Freddie Mercury in 1979 as a tribute to Elvis Presley. Mercury penned the song in a hotel bathroom in Munich in just ten minutes. The song represented a stylistic shift for the band Queen and was recorded quickly to capture the spontaneity. Crazy Little Thing Called Love is noted for its 1950s rockabilly influence.

Key:  D 
D
 
D4
    
D
 

          
D
                  
G
         
C
      
G/B
 
This thing,  called love, I just can't handle it,
          
D
                  
G
        
C
        
G/B
 
This thing,  called love, I must, get round to it,
         
D
     
Bb
           
C
             
D
 
I ain't ready, Crazy little thing called love.

     
D
                       
G
          
C
          
G/B
 
This thing, called love, it cries, in a cradle all night,
     
D
                  
G
                      
C
     
G/B
 
It swings, it jives, it shakes all over like a jellyfish,
        
D
        
Bb
           
C
             
D
 
I kinda like it, Crazy little thing called love.

              
G
         
C
                      
G
 
There goes my baby, she knows how to rock and roll,
              
Bb
                  
E7
           
A7
 
She drives me crazy, she gives me hot and cold fever,
         
F7
 
then she leaves me in a cool, cool sweat.

D5
 
C#5
 
C5
      
A5
 
G#5
 
G5
 
E7
                
A7
      
A
    
G
  
F#
  
E
 

            
D
                
G
 
I gotta be cool, relax, get hip,
    
C
      
G/B
           
D
 
get on my tracks, take a back seat, hitch-hike
    
G
                      
C
     
G/B
           
D
 
And take a long ride on my motorbike until I'm ready,
Bb
           
C
             
D
 
Crazy little thing called love.

  
Bb
              
D
   
G
     
D
 
  
Bb
              
E7
  
A7
    
F7
 

D5
 
C#5
 
C5
      
A5
 
G#5
 
G5
 
E7
                
A7
 

N.C.

          
D
                  
G
         
C
      
G/B
 
This thing,  called love, I just can't handle it,
          
D
                  
G
        
C
        
G/B
 
This thing,  called love, I must, get round to it,
        
D
      
Bb
           
C
             
D
 
I ain't ready, Crazy little thing called love.

Bb
           
C
             
D
 
Crazy little thing called love, yeah yeah
Bb
           
C
             
D
 
Crazy little thing called love, yeah yeah
Bb
           
C
             
D
 
Crazy little thing called love, yeah yeah
Bb
           
C
             
D
 
Crazy little thing called love, yeah yeah
Bb
           
C
             
D
 
Crazy little thing called love, yeah yeah...
(fade out, repeats another 3 or 4 times)