Key: D
Introduction:
D
I'm gonna take you down to the riverside where the water runs slow and wide
G
There's a big ole rock out in the middle and I took my hammer and chisel
D
And worked all night so you could see just how much you mean to me
G
I carved your name right next to mine and it'll be there til the end of time
A Em A
... And my love'll last at least that long
G
It's written in stone how I feel for you
D
It's written in stone what I wanna do
Em C D
Spend my life and the life hereafter lovin you
G
And darlin if we live to be a hundred
D Bm
or if we don't make it half that long
Em C D
I want you to know what I feel for you is written in stone
D
There's a place on the edge of town when I was a kid I found
G
... Two names on a stone together lyin side by side forever
D
... And it was then and there I knew if I ever thought a love was true
G
... I'd surely wanna write it down on something that would be around
A Em A
When all the spoken words have come and gone
G
It's written in stone how I feel for you
D
It's written in stone what I wanna do
Em C D
Spend my life and the life hereafter lovin you
G
And darlin if we live to be a hundred
D Bm
or if we don't make it half that long
Em C D
I want you to know what I feel for you is written in stone ...
A Em A D
... And when this life has come and gone ... Our love will still be
G
Written in stone how I feel for you
D
Written in stone what I wanna do
Em C D
Spend my life and the life hereafter lovin you
G
And darlin if we live to be a hundred
D Bm
or if we don't make it half that long
Em C D
I want you to know what I feel for you is written in stone
Em D
I want you to know what I feel for you ... is written in stone