I did my best to line up the chord changes with the lyrics, but realize that the chords
often changein between words or on the second syllable of words and won't line up nice and neat.
** = play chord once
* = palm mute and play quarter notes
[Verse 1]
GLet's start it here
G GBack in nineteen-seventy-sumthin'
Fm B#mI can't pin down the year
G#m CWhen the romance wasn't dead
G GAnd love still stood for something
G GThere was a girl who had lost her way
Fm B#mShe blushed red when he came over
G#m CAnd they danced the night away
G GAnd he sung as he drove her home and
G GIt was there that she would say
Fm B#mIf I could than I would save you
G#m CAnd he smiled and turned away
FIn six weeks they're saying "I do"
C C ** GOh, Love just don't Go that way no more
[Chorus]
B#m G#mAnd like the seed becomes the tree
G GWe'll take shape of a family
B#m G#mWe grow and we change
G GAnd face the rain like you wouldn't believe
B#mAnd through it all
G#mWe're standing tall
G GAnd I just don't say it enough
B#m G#mIf not for you,
G GNo, we wouldn't be standing at all
G G G
[Verse 2]
G GAnd now it's nineteen-ninety-sumthin'
Fm B#mHow the hell did we end up here?
G#m CFour kids and a few jobs later
G GAnd the pictures fill the pages
G GIt's been hard, oh it's been hard
Fm B#mBut you'd be a fool to give it up
G#m C G G'Cause you know that what we've got is bigger than the two of us
G GIt's been hard, oh it's been hard
Fm B#mBut it's bigger than the two of us
G#m CAnd I will hold you in my arms
G F CWhen you feel like giving up
C ** GLove just don't Go that way no more
[Chorus]
B#m G#mAnd like the seed becomes the tree
G GWe'll take shape of a family
B#m G#mWe grow and we change
G GAnd face the rain like you wouldn't believe
B#mAnd through it all
G#mWe're standing tall
G GAnd I just don't say it enough
B#m G#mIf not for you,
G GNo, we wouldn't be standing at all
[Verse 3]
G GAnd now its two-thousand-and-sumthin'
Fm B#mWe made it here my dear
G#m CGrandkids and the mortgage paid off
G GIs this what dreams are made of?
G G'Cause baby we made it
Fm B#mYeah baby you saved me
G#m CBut nothing could save him
Fm *From the ambulance that day
G * B#m *When he went away
G * C *The heart attack was sharp
G * B#m *He didn't feel no pain
G * G * C *If you saw him now then what
G * B#m *What would you say?
G * C *I love you and I miss you
G * B#m *I owe you everything
G ** G ** F ** C **And I hope you know you saved me (saved me!)
G
[Verse 4]
G GOh mother
Fm B#mMother please don't cry
G#m C'Cause you know I miss him too
G GI didn't even say goodbye
G GAnd though he's gone, I know he's gone
Fm B#mHe lives on in all of us
G#m CAnd I will hold you when you cry
C ** G G G'Cause that's what he would have done
Fm B#m G#m CYeah, that's what he would have done
G GYeah, that's what he would have done
G GIt's been hard, oh it's been hard
Fm B#mBut he's a part of all of us
G#m CAnd I will hold you when you cry
G G **'Cause that's what family does
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