Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do - Guitar Lesson

About Love Me Like You Do

At 102 BPM in C major, "Love Me Like You Do" sits in a comfortable mid-tempo range that rewards clean, expressive playing over flashy technique. The guitar part in standard E tuning leans on arpeggiated chord shapes and gentle fingerpicking patterns that mirror the song's swelling, atmospheric feel. The challenge is not speed but dynamics: keeping the attack consistent and letting chords ring without letting them blur together. Chord transitions between the verse and the big chorus moments are where most players lose their footing, so drop those sections into the Practice Toolbar and loop them slowed down until the movement becomes automatic. Ellie Goulding's recording sits in the Pop Rock world, which means the guitar fills a supporting, textural role rather than a lead one. Getting that supportive, spacious tone right is the real skill this song asks you to develop.

• Playing in E Standard and C major keeps all the chord shapes open and familiar, making this a good song for players working on clean chord voicings.
• The main challenge is dynamic control: the arrangement swells from delicate verses to a full chorus, and your picking pressure needs to follow that arc.
• Use the Practice Toolbar to loop the verse-to-chorus transition slowed down, focusing on smooth left-hand movement without any unwanted string noise.