Chords for Little Milton - That's How Strong My Love Is (Monologue)

_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ Excuse me, y'all.
_ Ladies and gentlemen, _ [Fm]
young and old.
_ _ Now, I don't even mean to sound rude, but just stop whatever you're [Ab] doing right now. _
Because what I'm going to tell you [Fm] is so soulful, _ I want you to hear every word that I'm going to say.
_ You see, I stopped to use the telephone just the other day, _ [Eb] _ and there was [Fm] this young man
in the telephone booth, _ and he was using the phone next to the one [Ab] that I was using.
_ _ _ _ And he must have been talking to [G] someone that was very, very special to him, _ _ because this
cat was rapping some [Ab] out of sight words.
_ _ I heard him say, _
_ [Dbm] he said, [Fm] darling, so you know you mean everything to me. _ _
_ [Ab] He said, in fact, you're my whole world.
_ _ _ [Eb] He said, and if ever _ I lost you, _ _ said darling, my whole world would be [G] at an end.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
He went on to say _ that [Gm] he gets such [Fm] _ a wonderful feeling _ whenever they touch.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
He also said, _ he [F] said, I get such [Fm] wonderful, such wonderful sensations _ _ whenever [F]
[G] I kiss
you and you kiss me.
_ _ [Ab] _
_ Oh, I know what you're saying.
[Fm]
Said old Milton's just nosy.
But really, I wasn't trying to be nosy.
[F] But being in the next telephone booth, I just couldn't [Ab] help from overhearing his [Ab] conversation.
_ _ _ You know, [Gm] _
[Fm] _ I believe in that old saying _ [F] that everybody needs somebody [Ab] sometime.
_ _ _ [F] But on the other hand, what's most important is _ [C]
[Fm] everybody wants to be told that they're
[C] needed and loved [Fm] every once in a while.
_ [Ab] _
What I think this young man was trying to get his special someone to understand, _ the
words [Fm] of this song fits the occasion [Bbm] very perfectly.
_ [G] _ [Fm] And I'd just like for you to [Fm] listen to [Ab] me as I sing this song for you. _ _
_ And I believe deep down in my soul [Fm] _ that you'll understand [C] exactly what [F] I'm talking about.
[F] It says simply this.
_ [Ab] _
If I were _ that _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ sun up there, _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ I would glow with _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] love.
_ _ _ Oh darling, everywhere.
_ I'd [Ab] _
_ _ even be the _ moon _ _ _ [Fm] _
when the sun goes down.
[C] _ _ [Ab] So you could see, _ _ baby.
_ _ _ Oh darling, [Fm] I just want you to see that I'm [Cm] still [Fm] around.
_ _ Oh, [Db] that's how strong.
Oh, _ that's how strong.
_ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _
That's how strong.
That's _ [Fm] how strong. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] That's how strong my love is.
That's how strong my love is.
And one more thing I want you to know.
If I were a fish, _ _ oh Lord, _ _ [Fm] that had been cast upon _ _ dry land,
_ _ [Ab] I would stay there.
Oh yes, I would stay there.
_ _ _ [Fm]
If you, if you, if you, if you would let me hold your hand,
_ [Ab] _
I'd even be the _ _ _ wind for [Fm] _
a roaring _ _ _ storm.
You know what?
_ [Ab]
I'd stop for one moment. _
Yes, I would, baby.
_ _ [Fm]
If you, _ [G] if you, [F] if you would just, just let me walk [Fm] you home.
Oh, [Db] that's how strong.
That's how strong. _ _ _
[Eb] That's how _ strong. _
That's how strong.
_ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ For you, baby.
_ _ _ _ That's [Ab] how strong my love is. _ _
_ _ Listen.
_ [Abm] _
[Fm] _ _ If I were a weeping willow,
_ _ _ [Cm] _
_ I would cry till I drown in my own [Fm] tears.
_ _ _ _ Just so you could go swimming
_ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _
as long, as long as you would [Fm] live. _
Know what else I'd do?
[Ab] I'd [Fm] even be the rainbow.
Yes, you would.
[Cm] _
_ _ _ _ After all my tears were [C] gone.
[Fm] _
You know what?
_ Then I'd wrap you up in,
_ oh [Cm] Lord, baby,
_ _ _ jump to [C] keep you _ warm.
[Db] Oh, that's how strong.
That's how _ _ strong.
[Eb] That's how strong.
_ _ For you, _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ baby.
My love _ is.
[Cm] Oh, that's how [Ab] strong my love is.
_ One more thing, one more thing.
_ _ If I were a star,
_ Lord have mercy,
_ _ _ _ [Fm] I would shine,
I would, [Fm] I would shine so far away.
_ _ _ [Ab] You see, I don't want you stumbling around in the darkness.
I'll light your darkness
_ _ _ [Fm]
as you travel along _ your way.
_ _ _ [Ab]
And if you say you needed me,
listen, baby,
_ _ _ _ [Abm]
[Fm] here's what I'll do.
I'll _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Ab] do everything in the world for you, baby.
Oh, Lord, yes, I would.
[Ab] _ _ _ [Abm]
[Fm] Just so I could be there,
_ be there with you.
_ _ _ [Ab]
And if you say you needed money, _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Fm] limit to what I'll do. _
[Fm] Listen to this. _ _ _
[Ab] I would work days a week for you, baby. _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] If you told me that seven days
wouldn't do.
_ _ [Ab] You see, my love is so strong for you, baby. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ I love you, I love you.
I want you to know that. _ _
[Ab] You. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
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