You Bring Me Joy
Written by David Lasley
Performed by Anita Baker (1986)
Capo 2:
Am x02210
A# x1333x
C 032010
C#dim x42020
D7sus4 xx0213
F/A x0321x
Gmaj7 320002
Gm/A# x10033
G/D xx0003
Intro:
Gmaj7 D7sus4 Gmaj7 A# Am
Gmaj7 D7sus4 Gmaj7 Gm/A# D7sus4
Verse 1:
Gmaj7 D7sus4
You bring me joy when I'm down
Gmaj7
Oh, so much joy
A#
When I lose my way
Am Gmaj7
Your love comes smiling on me
D7sus4 Gmaj7 D7sus4
I saw your face, and then I knew
Gmaj7
We would be friends
Gm/A# D7sus4
I was so afraid when your eyes
Gmaj7
They'd say come to me
Gmaj7
So I'd say to you
D7sus4
Can we talk for a while
Gmaj7
You'd say it’s alright
F/A G/D
When you love me, I smile
C C#dim D7sus4
I feel your hands, and you feel mine
Gmaj7 D7sus4
You bring me joy
Verse 2:
Gmaj7 D7sus4
You bring me joy don't go
Gmaj7
Too far away
A#
If I can't see your face
Am Gmaj7
I will remember your smile
Gmaj7
But can this be right
D7sus4
Oh, and should we be friends
Gmaj7
I get lonely sometimes
F/A G/D
And I'm mixed up again
C C#dim
’Cause you're the finest thing
D7sus4
I've seen in all my life
Gmaj7
You bring me joy
Gm/A# D7sus4
My joy, my joy
Interlude:
Gmaj7 D7sus4 Gmaj7 F/A G/D
C C#dim D7sus4
Tag:
Gmaj7
Oh baby, this is gonna be
D7sus4
What you want it to be
Gmaj7
I just love you
F/A G/D
I just love you, oh, can't you see
C C#dim
That you're the finest thing
D7sus4
I've seen in all my life
Gmaj7
You bring me joy
Coda:
Gm/A# D7sus4
(My joy) you are, you are my joy
Gm/A#
(My Joy) Uh, hu
D7sus4 Gmaj7 D7sus4 Gmaj7
My (you bring me joy) my joy
A# Am
Oh, thank you, baby, thank you, baby
Gmaj7 D7sus4 Gmaj7 D7sus4
(You bring me joy) I just love you, baby
Gmaj7
I just love you, baby
A# Am Gmaj7
I, I just love you
A#
When I lose my way
Am Gmaj7
Your love comes smiling on me
