Chords for Love

[Eb] I picked up the phone just the [Bb] other day, and [Gm] I called up a good friend of [C] mine, and
his name is Tyree Neal.
[Bb] I said, you know Tyree, I've been going [Eb] through changes, change.
[Bb] I fell in love with a pretty [Gm] little lady. _
[C] _ And he said, [Bb] child, you know I've been going through the same thing.
The [G] same thing.
He said, I [Eb] know I'm in love, child, because I can't do [Bb] the things I used to do.
And I [Gm] started noticing things [Bb] that I'd never seen before.
Like how bright the sun is in the morning, [G] how green [Eb] the trees are, how stars [Bb] shine so
bright at night.
[Gm] He said, I ain't know nothing about them [Bb] things.
I started thinking about a pretty little lady in [Gm] Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
[Eb] But he said, child, I do [Bb] remember my auntie [Gm] Jackie Neal sat [C] me down one day, and she said,
Tyree, [Bb] if you got somebody that's [G] going to love you, _
[Gm] try to cherish it every day of [Bb] your life.
And if you [Gm] don't mind, [C] Tyree, can you testify [Bb] and tell them what it's like being in love?
[G] He said, oh, it's a [Eb] strange situation.
[Bb] Love will bring you through.
_ [Gm] [Eb] Search all, man.
I know what you're [Bb] going through.
[G] Like staying home [Eb] all the time, yeah, [Bb] while you find yourself.
[Gm] He said, you [Bb] gotta be in love.
But you don't want to see nobody else.
[F] It's the same [Eb] thing, yeah.
[Bb] I'm going through.
[Gm] And the [D] fellas be like, re, like, [Bb] re, like, re, like, re.
What you gonna do?
_ [C] Are you gonna hit [Gm] the club?
Are you gonna stay at home?
[Bb] Are you gonna hit the club?
Are you gonna stay [Gm] at home? _
[Bb] _ Man, I gotta be in love.
Man, I gotta be in love.
[G] I'm gonna stay at home.
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