Chords for D. Hathaway - The Essence of Destiny (Demo 1974)

[Ebm] _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
[Em] A feeling for you [G] keeps on growing, [Cm] _ [G]
I can feel it growing all the time. _
[Gb] Time is the essence [Em] of destiny, _ [Gb] of the things that fill [A] your _ mind.
[G] The problems we had are all solved now, [Em] whether it's good [Cm] or bad. _ _
[A] Now as I turn [Em] to you, girl, [A] would it matter whatever [Em] we had?
[F] _ _
[Eb] You are the reason [D] I'm living, _ _
[Fm] the reason for whatever [A] I [G] do.
[A] And no one [Gbm] could have told me [Gm] that you, girl, [Em] didn't even [Dm] love [Cm] me.
I tried to [Eb] protect you and keep [F] _ you, [Bbm] give you a [Eb] place and _ [Bb] life, _
[Abm] rather than the [Bbm] bottom _ of [C] the can.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Wouldn't it make you so happy _ [Em] if you didn't have to love me [G] _ again? _
[Gbm] No one else could [Em] look after you, [A] no longer [Ab] lover, it's [Em] just [F] friends. _ _
[Eb] _ There's nothing else [Cm] to discover, [Am] _
[Bb] we made our mistake and now we're through. _ _
[B] It's just a _ [F] _ _ rearrangement [Em] of you.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Gbm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Gb] _ [Abm] _
_ [Dbm] _ [Fm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [F] _ _
[Db] [C] Now I'm turning [Dbm] to you, girl, [Ab] to find out what else we could do.
[Eb] That [Bb] hasn't been done [Fm] already, _ [Bb] there's so many parts [Ab] to you.
[Gb] _ _
[Dbm] _ Pretty girl, [Bb] can't you realize, _
[Bm] how can you not [Db] love what's yours? _
[Bb] Even if [Gm] you're crazy, _ [Abm] without reason, I [G] still love you [F] and need [Eb] you.
You're my reason for living, _ [Bbm] the reason for [Eb] whatever I [E] do. _ _
[Abm] Nothing _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
can [G] take the _ place _ of [Fm] you.
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
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