Let's start it h^Aere Back in nineteen-^Eseventy-^Asumthin' I can't pin ^Bmdown the ye^F#mar When the romance ^C#mwasn't ^Ddead And love still ^Estood for ^Asomething There was a girl who had ^Elost her ^Away She blushed red when he^Bm came o^F#mver And they danced the n^C#might aw^Day And he sung as he ^Edrove her ^Ahome and It was there that ^Eshe would sa^Ay If I could than ^BmI would ^F#msave you And he smiled and t^C#murned aw^Day In six weeks they're saying "^BI do" D D ** A Oh, Love just don't go that way no more

And like the ^F#mseed becomes the ^C#mtree We'll take s^Ehape of a fami^Aly We ^F#mgrow and we change^C#m And face the r^Eain like you wouldn't beli^Aeve And through it ^F#mall We're standing ^C#mtall And I jus^Et don't say it enou^Agh If n^F#mot for ^C#myou, No, we w^Eouldn't be standing at a^All

And now it's nineteen-ni^Enety-^Asumthin' How the hell did we ^Bmend up he^F#mre? Four kids and a f^C#mew jobs lat^Der And the pictures f^Eill the pag^Aes It's been hard, oh i^Et's been ha^Ard But you'd be a fool to give ^Bmit up ^F#m 'Cause you know that w^C#mhat we've ^Dgot is bigger than the t^Ewo of us ^A It's been hard, oh it's ^Ebeen ha^Ard But it's bigger than the ^Bmtwo of us^F#m And I will hold you in ^C#mmy ar^Dms When you feel like gi^Eving up ^{B D} D ** A Love just don't go that way no more

And like the ^F#mseed becomes the ^C#mtree We'll take s^Ehape of a fami^Aly We ^F#mgrow and we change^C#m And face the r^Eain like you wouldn't beli^Aeve And through it ^F#mall We're standing ^C#mtall And I jus^Et don't say it enou^Agh If n^F#mot for ^C#myou, No, we w^Eouldn't be standing at a^All

And now its two-thous^Eand-and-su^Amthin' We made it h^Bmere my d^F#mear Grandkids and the m^C#mortgage p^Daid off Is this what dr^Eeams are ^Amade of? 'Cause baby we m^Eade it ^A Yeah baby you s^Bmaved me^F#m But nothing could s^C#mave hi^Dm Bm * From the ambulance that day E * F#m * When he went away E * D * The heart attack was sharp E * F#m * He didn't feel no pain A * E * D * If you saw him now then what E * F#m * What would you say? E * D * I love you and I miss you E * F#m * I owe you everything A ** E ** B ** D ** And I hope you know you saved me (saved me!)

Oh mother^{E A} Mother pl^Bmease don't ^F#mcry 'Cause you know I ^C#mmiss him ^Dtoo I didn't even say^E goodby^Ae And though he's gone, I ^Eknow^A he's gone He lives on in al^Bml of ^F#mus And I will hold you ^C#mwhen you c^Dry D ** A E A 'Cause that's what he would have done Yeah, that's what ^Bmhe would have d^F#mone ^{C#m D} Yeah, that's what h^Ee would have d^Aone It's been hard, oh i^Et's been h^Aard But he's a part of a^Bmll of ^F#mus And I will hold you w^C#mhen you cr^Dy E A ** 'Cause that's what family does