Chords with lyrics
Because I Love You
From the album Strong Feelings
Intro:
C majorC FF G+G C majorC
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-0------------------------0--------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---2-2h3-2-0----0h2---------3-3--2h3-2-0---0h2---0h2-3-2-0-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------3---------------------------3-----------------3---------------0-1-2-3-|
E MajorE|--------------------3----------------------------------------1---1-1-2-3-----------|
Verse 1:
C majorC
This time, I'm writing to you in a song
FF
'cause songs can travel over walls, across great spaces and through time
G+G
A augmentedA little song
C majorC
To say, "I love you"
Verse 2:
C majorC
You know I know you've tried to reach me in my dreams
FF
But we could only speak in broken lines of poetry
G+G
It was so easy
C majorC
Because I love you
Chorus:
A minorAm Am/GAm/G A minorAm Am/C A minorAm
Love is just a dream
FF
A augmentedA beautiful dream
A minorAm Am/GAm/G A minorAm Am/C A minorAm
And time has robbed us blind
G+G G7G7
To all these precious moments
Interlude:
C majorC FF G+G C majorC
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-0------------------------0-------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---2-2h3-2-0----0h2---------3-3--2h3-2-0---0h2---0h2-3-2-0----------------1-2-3---------|
A augmentedA|-------------3---------------------------3-----------------3----------------------1-2-3-|
E MajorE|--------------------3----------------------------------------1---1-1-2-3----------------|
Chorus:
A minorAm Am/GAm/G A minorAm Am/C A minorAm
Love is just a dream
FF
A augmentedA beautiful dream
A minorAm Am/GAm/G A minorAm Am/C A minorAm
And time has robbed us blind
G+G G7G7
To all these precious moments
Verse 3:
C majorC
Golden rings upon your fingers, shiny things that linger
FF
I've had to let them all go
G+G
But still I know
C majorC
That I love you
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