Love Is Just A Four Letter Word Chords by Joan Baez

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Seems like only yesterday [Em] I left my mind behind
[D] Down in the gypsy cafe [Em] with a friend of a friend of mine
[D] Who sat with baby heavy on her [Am] knee _
[D] Yet spoke of life most free from [Am] slavery _ _
[D] With eyes that showed no trace of [Em] misery
[Am] _ _
[D] The phrase in connection first [Am] with she
[C] Oh _
[D] bird, _ that love is just a four letter [G] word
_ _ _ _ Outside [D] a rattling storefront old [Em] cat's meowing at the break of [D] day
Me, I kept my mouth shut to you I [Em] had no words to say
My [D] experience was limited and [Am] _ underfed
[D] You were talking while [Am] I hid
To [D] the one who was the father of your [Am] kid
You [D] probably didn't think I [Am] [C] did _
[D] But I heard you say that love is just a four letter [G] word
_ I _ _ [D] said goodbye and just pushed [Em] forth into my own games
[D] Drifting in an _ _ [Em] unmentionable by name
[D] Searching for my double, looking [Am] for _ _
[D] _ Complete evaporation to [Am] the core
Though [D] I tried and failed at finding [Am] any door _
[D] I must have thought that there was [Am] nothing more
[C] Ah, _
[D] bird, than that love is just a four [G] letter _ word
_ _ Though [D] I never knew just what you meant [Em] when you were speaking to your man
[D] I could only think in terms of [Em] me and now I understand
[D] After waking enough times to [Am] think I see
The [D] holy kiss that's supposed to last [Am] eternity _ _
[D] Blow up in smoke, it's [Am] destiny _
[D] Falls on strangers, [Am] travels free
Yes, [D] I know now traps are only set [Am] by me
And [D] I do not really need [Am] to be
_ [C] _
[D] _ _ Assured that love is just a four letter [G] word _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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