Key:
Introduction: D G
D G D G
Well I've heard those city singers singin' 'bout how they can love.
D G D G
Deeper than the oceans higher than the stars a -bove.
D G D G
Well I come from the country and I know I ain't seen it all.
D G D G D
But I heard that ocean's salty and the stars they sometimes fall.
Em F#m
And that would not do justice to the way I feel for you.
G F#m Em A
So I had to sing a song about all the things I knew.
D G D G
My love is deeper than the holler, stronger than the river.
Bm Em G A
Higher than the pine trees growin' tall upon the hill.
D G D D/C# Bm
My love is purer than the snowflakes, that fall in late De -cember.
Em F#m G
And honest as a robin on a springtime window sill.
Em A
And longer than the song of a whippoor-
D Bm Em A
-will
D G D G
From the back-roads to the Broadway shows with a million miles be -tween
D G D G D
There's a least a million love songs that people love to sing
Em F#m
And everyone is different and everyone's the same
G F#m Em A
An' this is just a -nother way of sayin' the same thing
D G D G
My love is deeper than the holler, stronger than the river
Bm Em G A
Higher than the pine trees growin' tall upon the hill
D G D D/C# Bm
My love is purer than the snowflakes that fall in late De -cember
Em F#m G
And ho nest as a robin on a springtime window sill
Em A
And longer than the song of a whippoor-
D Bm Em A
will
D G D G
My love is deeper than the holler, stronger than the river
Bm Em G A
Higher than the pine trees growin' tall upon the hill
D G D D/C# Bm
My love is purer than the snowflakes that fall in late De -cember
Em F#m G
And honest as a robin on a springtime window sill
Em A
And longer than the song of a whippoor-
D Bm Em A
will
D
A whippoor will