Chord/Tab song: Love Keep Us Together

By: Martin Sexton

Standard tuning, although Martin is usually tuned down 1/2 step

Verse
Gsus2 (3x023x)
D/F# (2x023x)
Dm/F (1x023x)
G (3x003x)
A11 (x0543x)
Cadd9 (x3x030)
G5 (3x0033)
Fmaj9 (133010)

Intro

(album)

[Gsus2] [D/F#] [Dm/F] [G] [A11]

e-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
b---3------------3---3--|--------------3---3--|-----------3---3-|------------3-3P0--|
g---2--x-x---x-x-2-x-2--|----x-x---x---2-x-2--|-----x-0-x-2-x-0-|----x-------4-4P0--|
d---0--x---x---x-0-x-0--|----x---x---x-0-x-0--|-----x---x-0-x-0-|----x-------5-5P0--|
a------x-------x---x----|----x-----------x----|-----x---x---x---|----x-----0--------|
e---3--x-------x-3-x-2--|-2--x---------2-x-1--|-1-1-x---x-1-x-3-|-3--x-3/4----------|


x - stop strings percussively

Verse

[Gsus2]Hold me tight [D/F#]don't say goodnight

And I'll [Dm/F]let you know that I [G]care______[A11]_

[Gsus2]Wait a little longer [D/F#]don't let me be

And I'll [Dm/F]comfort you from the [G]storm____[A11]_

[Gsus2]It's been a long night [D/F#]tomorrow's another day

[Dm/F]Call me when you find out th[G]e answer

And I'll [A11]hope and I'll pr[Gsus2]ay

To a[D/F#] power that will [Dm/F]keep me from goin' in[G]sane in the [A11]meantime

[Cadd9]Teenage lovers caught up [G5]in this dance

[Cadd9]Pain's the price of this youn[G5]g romance[Fmaj9]

[Cadd9]How was I such a young [G5]fool to know

[Cadd9]Lord knows I got no dir[G5]ection from hom[Fmaj9]e

So I say this prayer

(Chorus)

[Gsus2]Take hold of [D/F#]me blessed powers that [Dm/F]be

Love keep us to[G5]gether

(Repeat Chords)

Down with the rain came the news
That our wild ways gonna bring us a baby boy
Wash away all those innocent dreams
Now my whole world is turned upside-down on me
And here I pray
To some power they say's gonna keep me from goin' insane

I can't be strong unless I'm by your side
My weakness tells me to run for the hills
Responsibility beckons me
To think I dreamed your kiss would set me free
Well I've never been so wrong

Chorus

(Spoken)

There cries a child so deep in the night
He needs a father somebody to set things right
I am the one to love to hold him tight
To discount by love a serious oversight
Higher power has brought us together I know
She will keep us together wherever we go
Even if I live a thousand miles away
My love is pure and strong and here to stay