Chords
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Key: B

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
 G                       Em                     C                               D 
      hello my friend, it's morning, time to wake now
 C                             Em         C                                     D 
    your body and mine entwined will have to break now
 G                           Em                   C                               D 
      i want your flesh, your warmth to stay beside me
 G                       Em             C                             D 
      oh, how i wish you could be deep inside me
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      show me your eyes, your love, most tender feeling
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      and i'll give you mine, be truthful and revealing
chorus
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'cause it's you that i love
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And it's true that i love
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It's love not given lightly
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But i knew this was love
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And it's you that i love
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And it's more than what it might be
Verse
 G                           Em         C                         D 
      when we're alone i cannot always face you
 G                     Em                 C                               D 
      maybe my mood won't let these arms embrace you
 G                             Em           C                               D 
      that doesn't mean my love's somehow diminished
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      give me the time to show our love's unfinished
chorus
                         G 
'cause it's you that i love
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And it's true that i love
           C                           D 
It's love not given lightly
             G 
But i knew this was love
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And it's you that i love
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And it's more than what it might be
Verse
 G                           Em                 C                           D 
      i need your body, your mind and your emotions
 G                             Em                 C                             D 
      shed me your tears till i drown in your oceans
chorus
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'cause it's you that i love
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And it's true that i love
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It's love not given lightly
             G 
But i knew this was love
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And it's you that i love
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And it's more than what it might be
Middle 8
 A                                                 C           D 
  and every word i sing is true - ue
Verse
 G                         Em           C                                 D 
      what can i say the words destroy all meaning
 G                                   Em         C                             D 
      there's only cliche to get across this feeling
chorus
                     G 
That it's you that i love
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And it's true that i love
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It's love not given lightly
             G 
But i knew this was love
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And it's you that i love
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And it's more than what it might be
Middle 8
 A                                                       C       D 
  and every word i sing's for you - ou
chorus
                         G 
'cause it's you that i love
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And it's true that i love
           C                           D 
It's love not given lightly
             G 
But i knew this was love
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And it's you that i love
                   C                                 D 
And it's more than what it might be
Verse
 G                       Em                     C                                 D 
      this is a love song to john and leisha's mother
 G                         Em           C                           D 
      this isn't easy, i may not write another
chorus
                   G 
But it's you that i love
                   F 
And it's true that i love
           C                           D 
It's love not given lightly
             G 
But i knew this was love
                   F 
And it's you that i love
                   C                                 D 
And it's more than what it might be
chorus
                         G 
'cause it's you that i love
                   F 
And it's true that i love
           C                           D 
It's love not given lightly
             G 
But i knew this was love
                   F 
And it's you that i love
                   C                                 D 
And it's more than what it might be
(repeat and fade)