A Love Song by Kenny Rogers
Key: EmEm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    



Intro
Em9 Em Em9 Em
C9 C D7sus
Verse 1
G
Why do people cry
           Bm7
When they hear the word goodbye
     C9 C     C9 C 
In a love song?
Am7 
Tears are sure to fall
          D7/F#
When you know they gave it all
     C/G  G     C/G G
In a love song.
            Cm7
Somehow two lovers get a chance
     F7+9
At a beautiful romance
        G        Bm7     A7+9
And you wish it could be you.
       Am7
'cause everybody's needing
         D7sus
What the singers all are singing
     G9 G Em9 Em CM7 D7sus
In a love song.
        G
It can tear you apart
         Bm7 
'cause a word can break a heart
     C9 C     C9 C
In a love song.
     G/B Am
They say all the things you feel
         D7/F#
And they make it sound so real
     C/G  G     C/G G
In a love song.
               CM7
It seems that everything they say
   F7+9
Is said in such a way
     G     Bm7       A7+9
That we believe.
       Am7
'cause everybody's needing
         D7sus
What the singers all are singing
     C/G  G    D/G G
In a love song.
Chorus
A#
Each of us know
        Dm7
There's no guarantee
            D#M7     Cm7 F7sus 
We'll ever find love.
            A#
And in the songs that we share
    Dm7
The heartache is there
    D#M7   D7sus
To remind us.
Verse 2
G
New love brings a thrill
        Bm7
And we know it always will
      C9   C   C9 C G/B
In a love song.
Am7
Happiness can leave
       D7/F#
But it helps if we believe
     C/G  G    C/G G
In a love song.
          CM7 
There's a part of you and me
    F7+9
In every memory
      G       Bm7    A7+9
That tells us who we are.
     Am7
And everybody's needing 
         D7sus
What the singers all are singing
     G9   G    Em9 Em
In a love song.
[Coda]
     Am7
And everybody's needing 
         D7sus
What the singers all are singing
     G9   G    Em9 Em C G
In a love song.