Intro 
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Verse 1
A                                 D               A 
I remember when we were children playing in the fields. 
A                                     D            A 
I loved you truly even then and you know I always will. 
D                                             A 
Climbin' over creek banks down by the cotton gin,  
D                                                                      A 
Jumpin' over ditches, tearin' my britches, you cried when I got a whippin'. 
 
Verse 2
      D                       A 
You cried when my Daddy died 
D                     A     
Just because I cried. 
                     E                 
And I've heard you laugh when in my heart  
   D                  A 
I knew you wanted to cry. 
               E 
And when the truth it might have hurt me  
          D               A 
Lord, I heard you tell a lie. 
 
Chorus
             E   D                   
And that is why  
                  A    D 
I love you like I do.  
              A        D 
God knows I love you.  
              A        D 
God knows I love you. 
              A       D 
God knows I love you. 
             A 
God knows I do. 
 
Verse 3
A                              D               A 
Now you carry sweet and gentle my first baby child. 
A                              D               A 
I live within the bright anticipation of your smile.  
D                                                  A 
Even in the bad times it seems like you never give in  
D                                                                            A 
Standin' behind me and fightin' for me blindly and cryin' when I get a whippin'.  
 
Chorus
             E   D                   
And that is why  
                  A    D 
I love you like I do.  
              A              D 
God knows I love you.  (Oh, yeah) 
              A                   D 
God knows I love you.  (Come on, Honey) 
              A       D 
God knows I love you. 
             A 
God knows I do. 
 
Outro   
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