#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 14:16:34 -0400 From: Jeff Townsend Subject: s/smalltown_poets/if_you_let_me_love_you.crd Artist: Smalltown Poets Song: If You Let Me Love You Submitter: Casey Townsend Transcriber: Bert Hatch >From the self titled album: Smalltown Poets Copyright 1997 on Forefront records The beat of this song is just a steady down-up-down-up stroke with mutes at every third stroke: \/ = down /\ = up \(mute)/ down & mute (i.e. \/ /\ \(mute)/ /\ \/ /\ \(mute)/) Play comfortably fast verse G D Em C G D Em C I don't know what to do to ease your mind G D Em C G D Em C Don't have a perfect word to make it fine G D Em C G I'm not so qualified for sympathy D Em C G Still I am not without love (second verse is the same as the first) Psalm #4 falls on your grieving ear, Yes I believe the peace of Christ is here And I'm here in His name, You'd do the same, you'd do the same, you'd do the same Chorus C G If you let me close C D Em C Closer than a brother Em D Cadd9 If you let me love you we'll sit here and cry G D Em C G [: If you let me love you :] Bridge D Never failing; ever hoping Am Seeking to preserve D It always is giving Am Often beyond words D And when there's nothing left to Am Say, love has a voice, D Am So in sorrow, and in heart ache C There's a greater joy. (repeat first verse and chorus)