Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Seems like only yesterday
I [Em]left my mind behind
[D]Down in the gypsy café
With a [Em]friend of a friend of mine
[D]Who sat with a baby heavy
on [Am]her knee
[D]Yet spoke of life most free
[Am]from slavery
[D]With eyes that showed
no trace of misery
[Am]A ph[D]rase in connection
first with [Am]she o[C]ccurred[D]

[Verse 2]
That [D]love is just a four- letter word
[G]

[Verse 3]
Outside a ram[D]bling store- front window
Cats [Em]meowed to the break of day
[D]Me, I kept my mouth shut
To you I had [Em]no words to say
My ex[D]perience was limited
and [Am]underfed
[D]You were talking while [Am]I hid
To the [D]one who was the father of your [Am]kid
You [D]probably didn't think I [Am]did,
but [C]I h[D]eard

[Verse 4]
You say, that [Am]love is just a [G]four-

[Verse 5]
letter word
[D]I said goodbye unnoticed
Pushed forth [Em]into my own games
[D]Drifting in and out of lifetimes
Unmen[Em]tionable by name
[D]Searching for my double, looking [Am]for
Com[D]plete evaporation to [Am]the core
Though I [D]tried and failed at finding any [Am]door
I [D]must have thought that there
was nothing [Am]more [C]ab surd

[Verse 6]
[D]Than that love is jus[Am]t a
[D]four- [G]letter word

[Verse 7]
[G]
Though I [D]never knew just
what you meant
When you were [Em]speaking to your man
I can [D]only think in terms of me
And [Em]now I understand
After [D]waking enough times
to think I [Am]see
The holy [D]kiss that's supposed
to last [Am]eternity
Blow [D]up in smoke, it's [Am]des tiny
[D]Falls on strangers, travels [Am]free
Yes, I know [D]now,
traps are only set [Am]by me
And I [D]do not really need
[Am]to be [D]as [C]sur[D]ed

[Verse 8]
That [Am]love is just a [D]four- letter word
[G]

[Verse 9]
Strange [D]it is to be beside you
Many [Em]years the tables turned
You'd [D]probably not believe me
If [Em]I told you all I've learned
And [D]it is very, very weird [Am]indeed
To [D]hear words like forever[Am], fleets
Of [D]ships run through my mind,
I cannot [Am]cheat
It's like [D]looking in
the teacher's face [Am]complete
I [D]can say nothing to you but
re[Am]peat what [C]I h[D]eard

[Verse 10]
That [D]love is just a four- [G]letter word

[Outro 1]
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