The Loving Time chords by Mary Black

A beautiful song written by Noel Brazil

Standard tuning

   C             G
It reads like a fairy tale
    Am             F
And that's what it was
C                G
Young man in his prime
      Am            F
Young girl from the Cross
C                   G
The most perfect of strangers
Am                    F
Then the night closed in
        C    G
And the holy ground
G            F
Took care of everything

C            G
Now she was a fine one
    Am                F
And he was a handsome man
C              G
One look was enough
      Am      F
And away they ran
           C          G
They spent many happy hours
             Am           F
And then the night closed in
        C    G
And the holy ground
G            F
Took care of everything


F              G         C
Oh, what's the use in complaining?
F        G               Am
In for a penny, in for a pound
F     G        Am
I remember the loving time
F           G           C
And nothing else really counts


Am               C
And I recall the promise they made
       Am              C
With a faith I can but admire
      Am               C
That she'd be the one he adored
F               C       F
And he'd be her heart's desire


C               G
It didn't come true in the end
Am                       F
They went their separate ways
C                          G
He couldn't change what he was
Am                  F
She wasn't ready to wait
C                         G
They couldn't live in the daylight
Am                       F
They let the night close in
        C    G
And the holy ground
G            F
Took care of everything

C                         G
They couldn't live in the daylight
Am                       F
They let the night close in
        C    G
And the holy ground
G            F
Took care of everything


F     G        Am
I remember the loving time
F           G           C
And nothing else really counts