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Words and Music by James Taylor, from his 1976 album, "In The Pocket" [Chords] Dm7 xx0121 (5fr.) G/A x0x121 (7fr.) Cmaj9 2xx121 (7fr.) Bbmaj9 2xx121 (5fr.) Dmaj9 xx0121 (9fr.) [Intro] Dm7 G/A Dm7 G/A [Verse 1]
It was a hDm7ot and sultry daG/Ay sDm7omewhere in early SepG/Atember I don't haDm7rdly remember the dayG/A Just the Dm7way the sun beaG/At down upon the bayDm7, babyG/A
[Verse 2]
I Dm7did not even need to knoG/Aw your name It was, Dm7oh, so plain to seeG/A that you had eyes Dm7for me G/A Dm7Halfway open, halfway closed, hG/Aalf-naked eyes for meDm7, baby G/A
[Chorus]
It was a Dm7slow burning love,G/A a fair-weather loveDm7 affair G/A A slDm7ow burning, smoldering loveG/A for you and I And like the Dm7sun on the edge of the WesterG/An sky, it dieDm7d G/A
[Bridge]
Oh, the Cmaj9lights of the city were close at hand I Dm7might just as well have been another man You Bbmaj9might just as well have been another girl It mDmaj9ight just as well have been another world
[Chorus]
It was a Dm7slow burning love,G/A a fair-weather loveDm7 affair G/A A slDm7ow burning, smoldering loveG/A for you and I And like the Dm7sun on the edge of the WesterG/An sky, it dieDm7d G/A Oh, sDm7low burning loveG/A Dm7 G/A You wereDm7 smoking up tG/Ahat day, some kDm7ind of hoG/At It was a Dm7slow burning love,G/A a fair-weather loveDm7 affair G/A A slDm7ow burning, smoldering loveG/A for you and I And like the Dm7sun on the edge of the WesterG/An sky, it dieDm7d G/A
[Outro] Dm7 G/A
Dm7Ah G/A Dm7Ah G/A