Jeff Bates  -  The Love Song

By axehappy  -  axehappy at countrytabs.com


Play this with a capo on 1st fret.
All chord names and shapes are relative to position of capo.
Real chord names are in square brackets below.


G    (Ab)   =   320003                       D/F#    (Eb/G)       =   200232

Em   (Fm)   =   022000                       C(add9) (Db(add9))   =   x32030

Bm7  (Cm7)  =   x24232                       G/B     (Ab/C)       =   x20003

Am7  (Bbm7) =   x02010                       Cmaj7   (Dbmaj7)     =   x32000

D    (Eb)   =   xx0232                       Bb6     (B6)         =   x13333

A    (Bb)   =   x02220                       E/Ab    (F/A)        =   422100

F#m  (Gm)   =   244222                       E       (F)          =   022100

Esus (Fsus) =   022200


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G  D/F#  Em  C(add9)  G  D/F#  Em  C(add9)
INTRO 



G             Bm7            C(add9)              G/B
 First time I felt it, think I was five years old.
      Am7                                Cmaj7           D
I was scared, had a nightmare, Momma was there for me to hold.
G              Bm7             C(add9)            G/B
 Daddy, he was different... he never said it much,
      Am7                                      Cmaj7              D
But I heard him loud and clear when he brought home that ball and glove.
Em            D/F#           C(add9)  D/F#
 Then it took on a brand new meaning,
Em        D/F#          C(add9)    G/B               Bb6   D 
 I wasn't just a boy no more, when she moved in next door.



G                            D/F#         
 Where you from? What's your name?
               Em
Wanna go to my game?
                   C         D
Got the keys to my Dad's old truck.
G               D/F#                Em
 Turn the radio off to remember the song,
        D                  C
We held hands and there it was,
D/F#   G   D/F#  Em  C  D
Lo  -  ve.



G              Bm7              C(add9)               G/B
 Pages kept on turnin', there I was with someone else.
Am7                                 Cmaj7        D
First time in my lifetime, I wasn't livin' for myself.
G                Bm7         C(add9)               G/B
 I knew I wasn't fallin', anywhere I'd fell before.
Am7                              Cmaj7           D
This place was different: it was deeper, it was more.
Em            D/F#           C(add9)  D/F#
 Then it took on a brand new meaning,
Em            D/F#       C(add9)           G/B           Bb6  D
 Yeah, it was strong and it was true, knew what I had to do.
 


G                     D/F#
 Found a ring, hit my knees,
                        Em
Couldn't talk, couldn't breathe,
                C          D
My heart had me all choked up.
G                   D/F#         
 Said "I do," as we cried, wedding bells,
Em                 D                    C
Waved goodbye, the whole church knew it was
D/F#   G
Lo  -  ve.



G  D/F#  Em  C  D  G  D/F#  Em  C  D
INSTRUMENTAL



Em            D/F#           C(add9)  D/F#
 Then it took on a brand new meaning,
Em        D/F#              C(add9)            G/B       Bb6    D
 When the doctor said "It's time to watch your miracle arrive."



A                        E/Ab
 Thank the Lord, cut the cord.
               F#m
Take her home, help her grow.
       E                D  Esus   A  E/Ab  F#m
And complete the circle of lo  -  ve.
D   E  A  E/Ab  F#m
Lo  -  ve.
           D         E    A  E/Ab  F#m  D  E  (to fade)
That's the circle of lo - ve.