Chords for James Taylor - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (Blossom Music Festival, July 18, 1979)
Tempo:
109.3 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
D
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
How [Am] sweet it is to be [D] loved by [G] you.
[C] How sweet [Am] it is to [C] be loved by [G] you.
[D] [G] Needed the [Em] shelter of someone's arms,
[D] or maybe there [C] you were.
[G] Needed someone who [Em] understood my ups and [D] downs.
There [C] you were now,
[G] with sweet [C] love and devotion.
[Em] Deeply touching [C] my emotions.
[C#] I [G] won't stop, [C] I thank you baby.
But then I [G] just stop, I thank you baby.
[C] Oh, how sweet [Am] it is to be [D] loved by you.
You're looking good tonight.
[G] [C] How [Am] sweet it is to be loved [G] by you.
[D] [G] I close my eyes [Em] at night, yeah.
[D] Wondering where would I be [C] without you in my life.
[G] Everything I was into [Em] was just a goal.
[D] Everywhere I went, [C] seems like I've been there before.
[G] You brighten up the [C] read all of my days.
[Em] With a love so [C] sweet, so many [C#] ways.
I won't [G] stop, I [C] thank you baby.
But then [Gm] I just stop, [G] I thank you baby.
[C] Oh, how [Am] sweet it is to be [G] loved by you.
Yeah, baby.
[C] How sweet [Am] it is to be loved [G] by you.
[E] [C]
[G] [Em]
[D] [C]
[G] You brought that into me, then [C] I lost myself.
[E] To me, that's you.
Got [C] me so fired [C#] up, I won't stop, I [G] thank you [C] baby.
But then I [G] just stop, [E] I thank you baby.
[C] Oh, how sweet it [C] is to be [G] loved by you.
That's so damn [C] good.
How sweet it [Am] is to [D] be loved [G] by you.
You're [C] looking down the hoop, hoop, hoop.
[D]
[G] Hoop, hoop, hoop.
[A] Oh, now the hoop, hoop, hoop.
Hoop, [Gm] hoop, hoop.
[E] Well, love's so fine.
[A] It's a love so [D] fine.
It's [G] a love so fine, baby.
It pulls me all through.
[C] Cause I was lost, I was [G] down.
[E] I was finished, I was through.
[Gm] I was so out of that, I didn't know what to [B] do.
[C] Oh, now I [Bm] met you, [Am] baby.
[G]
[D] [C] [Bm] Said [C] it's like honey to the bee to the love [G] fly.
[D] [C] It's like sugar to the [Bm] cane.
[Am] It's like the jelly [C] to the donut.
[G] It's like summer that's sweet, sweet, so loved to my soul.
[C] [B] [Am]
Gang, my [D] girl, baby, do you know?
[B] Know, [G] know, [G] [C] [Bm] [Am]
[D] know, [G] know.
[D] [C] How [Am] sweet it is to be [C] loved [G] by.
[C] How [Bm] sweet [Am] it is.
But I feel so nice.
[G#]
Oh, just to be [Fm] loved [D] by [G] you, baby.
[A] [D#]
[C] How sweet [Am] it is to [C] be loved by [G] you.
[D] [G] Needed the [Em] shelter of someone's arms,
[D] or maybe there [C] you were.
[G] Needed someone who [Em] understood my ups and [D] downs.
There [C] you were now,
[G] with sweet [C] love and devotion.
[Em] Deeply touching [C] my emotions.
[C#] I [G] won't stop, [C] I thank you baby.
But then I [G] just stop, I thank you baby.
[C] Oh, how sweet [Am] it is to be [D] loved by you.
You're looking good tonight.
[G] [C] How [Am] sweet it is to be loved [G] by you.
[D] [G] I close my eyes [Em] at night, yeah.
[D] Wondering where would I be [C] without you in my life.
[G] Everything I was into [Em] was just a goal.
[D] Everywhere I went, [C] seems like I've been there before.
[G] You brighten up the [C] read all of my days.
[Em] With a love so [C] sweet, so many [C#] ways.
I won't [G] stop, I [C] thank you baby.
But then [Gm] I just stop, [G] I thank you baby.
[C] Oh, how [Am] sweet it is to be [G] loved by you.
Yeah, baby.
[C] How sweet [Am] it is to be loved [G] by you.
[E] [C]
[G] [Em]
[D] [C]
[G] You brought that into me, then [C] I lost myself.
[E] To me, that's you.
Got [C] me so fired [C#] up, I won't stop, I [G] thank you [C] baby.
But then I [G] just stop, [E] I thank you baby.
[C] Oh, how sweet it [C] is to be [G] loved by you.
That's so damn [C] good.
How sweet it [Am] is to [D] be loved [G] by you.
You're [C] looking down the hoop, hoop, hoop.
[D]
[G] Hoop, hoop, hoop.
[A] Oh, now the hoop, hoop, hoop.
Hoop, [Gm] hoop, hoop.
[E] Well, love's so fine.
[A] It's a love so [D] fine.
It's [G] a love so fine, baby.
It pulls me all through.
[C] Cause I was lost, I was [G] down.
[E] I was finished, I was through.
[Gm] I was so out of that, I didn't know what to [B] do.
[C] Oh, now I [Bm] met you, [Am] baby.
[G]
[D] [C] [Bm] Said [C] it's like honey to the bee to the love [G] fly.
[D] [C] It's like sugar to the [Bm] cane.
[Am] It's like the jelly [C] to the donut.
[G] It's like summer that's sweet, sweet, so loved to my soul.
[C] [B] [Am]
Gang, my [D] girl, baby, do you know?
[B] Know, [G] know, [G] [C] [Bm] [Am]
[D] know, [G] know.
[D] [C] How [Am] sweet it is to be [C] loved [G] by.
[C] How [Bm] sweet [Am] it is.
But I feel so nice.
[G#]
Oh, just to be [Fm] loved [D] by [G] you, baby.
[A] [D#]
Key:
C
G
D
Am
Em
C
G
D
_ _ _ _ How [Am] sweet it is to be [D] loved by [G] you. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ How sweet [Am] it is to [C] be loved by [G] you. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ Needed the [Em] shelter of someone's arms,
[D] or maybe there [C] you were.
_ _ _ [G] Needed someone who [Em] understood my ups and [D] downs.
_ There [C] you were now,
_ [G] _ with sweet [C] love and devotion.
_ [Em] _ Deeply touching [C] my emotions.
[C#] I [G] won't stop, _ [C] I thank you baby.
But then I [G] just stop, _ I thank you baby.
[C] Oh, how sweet [Am] it is to be [D] loved by you.
_ You're looking good tonight.
[G] _ _ [C] _ How [Am] sweet it is to be loved [G] by you. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] I close my eyes [Em] at night, yeah.
_ [D] Wondering where would I be [C] without you in my life.
[G] Everything I was into [Em] was just a goal.
[D] Everywhere I went, [C] seems like I've been there before.
[G] You brighten up the [C] read all of my days.
[Em] With a love so [C] sweet, so many [C#] ways.
I won't [G] stop, I [C] thank you baby.
But then [Gm] I just stop, _ [G] I thank you baby.
_ [C] Oh, how [Am] sweet it is to be [G] loved by you. _ _ _
Yeah, baby.
[C] _ How sweet [Am] it is to be loved [G] by you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] You brought that into me, then [C] I lost myself.
[E] To me, that's you.
Got [C] me so fired [C#] up, I won't stop, I [G] thank _ you [C] baby.
But then I [G] just stop, [E] I thank you baby. _
_ [C] Oh, how sweet it [C] is to be [G] loved by you.
_ _ That's so damn [C] good.
How sweet it [Am] is to [D] be loved [G] by you. _ _ _ _
You're [C] looking down the hoop, hoop, hoop.
[D] _
[G] Hoop, hoop, _ _ hoop. _ _
[A] Oh, now the hoop, hoop, hoop. _
Hoop, [Gm] hoop, _ _ hoop. _
_ [E] Well, love's so fine.
[A] It's a love so [D] fine.
It's [G] a love so fine, baby.
It pulls me all through.
[C] Cause I was lost, I was [G] down.
[E] I was finished, I was through.
[Gm] I was so out of that, I didn't know what to [B] do.
[C] Oh, now I [Bm] met you, [Am] baby.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [Bm] Said [C] it's like honey to the bee to the love [G] fly. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [C] It's like sugar to the [Bm] cane.
[Am] It's like the jelly [C] to the donut.
[G] It's like summer that's sweet, sweet, so loved to my soul.
_ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ [Am]
Gang, my [D] girl, baby, do you know?
[B] Know, [G] know, [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _
_ [D] know, [G] know. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ How [Am] sweet it is to be [C] loved [G] by. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ How [Bm] sweet [Am] it is.
But I feel so nice.
[G#] _ _
Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ just to be [Fm] loved [D] by [G] you, baby. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ How sweet [Am] it is to [C] be loved by [G] you. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ Needed the [Em] shelter of someone's arms,
[D] or maybe there [C] you were.
_ _ _ [G] Needed someone who [Em] understood my ups and [D] downs.
_ There [C] you were now,
_ [G] _ with sweet [C] love and devotion.
_ [Em] _ Deeply touching [C] my emotions.
[C#] I [G] won't stop, _ [C] I thank you baby.
But then I [G] just stop, _ I thank you baby.
[C] Oh, how sweet [Am] it is to be [D] loved by you.
_ You're looking good tonight.
[G] _ _ [C] _ How [Am] sweet it is to be loved [G] by you. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] I close my eyes [Em] at night, yeah.
_ [D] Wondering where would I be [C] without you in my life.
[G] Everything I was into [Em] was just a goal.
[D] Everywhere I went, [C] seems like I've been there before.
[G] You brighten up the [C] read all of my days.
[Em] With a love so [C] sweet, so many [C#] ways.
I won't [G] stop, I [C] thank you baby.
But then [Gm] I just stop, _ [G] I thank you baby.
_ [C] Oh, how [Am] sweet it is to be [G] loved by you. _ _ _
Yeah, baby.
[C] _ How sweet [Am] it is to be loved [G] by you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] You brought that into me, then [C] I lost myself.
[E] To me, that's you.
Got [C] me so fired [C#] up, I won't stop, I [G] thank _ you [C] baby.
But then I [G] just stop, [E] I thank you baby. _
_ [C] Oh, how sweet it [C] is to be [G] loved by you.
_ _ That's so damn [C] good.
How sweet it [Am] is to [D] be loved [G] by you. _ _ _ _
You're [C] looking down the hoop, hoop, hoop.
[D] _
[G] Hoop, hoop, _ _ hoop. _ _
[A] Oh, now the hoop, hoop, hoop. _
Hoop, [Gm] hoop, _ _ hoop. _
_ [E] Well, love's so fine.
[A] It's a love so [D] fine.
It's [G] a love so fine, baby.
It pulls me all through.
[C] Cause I was lost, I was [G] down.
[E] I was finished, I was through.
[Gm] I was so out of that, I didn't know what to [B] do.
[C] Oh, now I [Bm] met you, [Am] baby.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [Bm] Said [C] it's like honey to the bee to the love [G] fly. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [C] It's like sugar to the [Bm] cane.
[Am] It's like the jelly [C] to the donut.
[G] It's like summer that's sweet, sweet, so loved to my soul.
_ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ [Am]
Gang, my [D] girl, baby, do you know?
[B] Know, [G] know, [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _
_ [D] know, [G] know. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ How [Am] sweet it is to be [C] loved [G] by. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ How [Bm] sweet [Am] it is.
But I feel so nice.
[G#] _ _
Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ just to be [Fm] loved [D] by [G] you, baby. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _