Can Love Stand The Test chords by Bonnie Raitt

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
C    G   C    Am    F

Verse:
          C                         G     C
Did I lose your love a long time ago
            Am                          F
Or did I “ wear it out? baby I don't know

Instrumental:
C   G    C    Am    F

Verse:
C                                             G                C
seems like anymore we're not on the same page
Am                          F
In the same book, or on the same stage
C                 G          C
We say the words, but they feel all wrong
            Am                      F
Like a happy blues, like a sad love song
F                                Em           Am
How two people can bow and scrape
                   F                      G
For every shred of tenderness

Chorus:
G                             C
Can love stand the test
      F         G
Of times that surround us
Am                         G
Memories that astound us
               F
Joy and happiness
G                C
Can love stand the test?

Instrumental:
G    C    Am    F

Verse:
C                                              G      C
A long time ago, or was it just yesterday
                       Am                           F
why would we fall out of love? Baby you can say?
C                 G      C
Don't look at me like I'm stranger now
Am                                              F
Have I changed that much? Baby tell me how

Pre-Chorus:
F                                Em           Am
How two people can bow and scrape
                   F                      G
For every shred of tenderness

Chorus:
G                            C
Can love stand the test
      F          G
Of times that surround us
Am                         G
Moments that astound us
               F
Joy and happiness
G                C
Can love stand the test?

Instrumental:
G   C    Am    F    G
C   G    Am    F    G   Am  Em

Pre-Chorus:
F                                 Em          Am
We said forever, for always for good
              F                           G
But the years were not impressed

Chorus:
G                            C
Can love stand the test
      F        G
Of times that surround us
Am                              G
Moments that astound us

G                            C
Can love stand the test
      F         G
Of times that surround us
Am                          G
Moments that astound us

Outro:
                F             G
Joy and happiness
                F              G
Joy and happiness
                F               G      C
Joy and happiness