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This Is Love

Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
 If you  ever need to hear  a voice in the  middle of the night
 when it seems  so black  outside that you  can't  remember
 light  ever shone on  you or the  ones you love in this  or another lifetime
 And the voice you need to hear is the true and the trusted kind, with a soft
 familiar rhythm in these swirling, unsure times, when the waves are lapping in
 and you're not sure you can swim, well here's the lifeline
 If you  ever need to  feel a hand  take up your own
When  you least expect  but want it more  than you've ever  known
Baby,  here's that  hand,  and baby's here's  my voice  that's calling
 This is  love,  all  that  ever was and  will be
 This is  love
 If you ever need some proof that time can heal your wounds, just step
 inside my heart and walk around these rooms; where the shadows used to be,
 you can feel as well as see how peace can hover
 Time's been here to fix what's broken with its power and the love that
 smashed us both to bits spent its last few hours calling out your name,
 and I thought, this is the kind of pain from which we don't recover
 But I'm standing here now with my heart held out to you
 You would have thought a miracle was all that got us through
 Well baby, all I know, all I know is I'm still standing
 And this is love, all that ever was and will be
 This is love, standing up for you baby, standing up for me
 And I see you  still and  there's this catch in my
 throat;  And I just  swallow hard  till it leaves  me
 There's nothing  in this world that  can change what we  know
Still  I know  I am here if  you ever  need me
 And this is  love olo]
 If you ever think of me, let it be around twilight, when the world has
 settled down, and the last round of sunlight is waning in the sky as you
 sit and watch the night descending
 A car will pass out front with lovers at the wheel, a dog will bark out
 back, and children's voices peal over and under the air, you've been there,
 lost in the remembering
 If you ever wish for things that are only in the past
 Just remember that the wrong things aren't supposed to last
 Baby, it's over and done, the rest is gonna come when you let it
 And this is love, all that ever was and will be
 This is love, when you let it baby, if you let it now
 This is love, all that ever was and can be
 This is love
 D (9 fr.) ,  and fade.]

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Readable chord sheet for This Is Love by Mary Chapin Carpenter

[D]  [D]          [Dsus4]  [D]     [D]  [D]     [Dsus4]  [D]
[G]          [G]     [G]          [G]             [D]  [D]          [Dsus4]  [D]     [D]  [D]     [Dsus4]  [D]
If [D]you ever need to [D]hear a voice in th[Dsus4]e middle of the night  [Dsus4]
when it [D]seems so bl[D]ack outside that [Dsus4]you can't[Dsus4] remember
l[G]ight ever shone o[G]n you or t[G]he ones you love in th[G]is or another l[D]ifetim[D]e             [Dsus4]                     [D]

And the voice you need to hear is the true and the trusted kind, with a soft
familiar rhythm in these swirling, unsure times, when the waves are lapping in
and you're not sure you can swim, well here's the lifeline

If [Em7]you ever need [Em7]to feel a h[Em7]and take up your [Em7]own
[D/F#]When you least exp[D/F#]ect but want it m[D/F#]ore than you've e[D]ve[F#]r known
[Gsus9]Baby, here's th[Gsus9]at hand,[Gsus9] and baby's he[Gsus9]re's my vo[Asus4]ice that's c[Asus4]alling [Asus4]        [Asus4]

This i[D]s lo[D]ve,        [Dsus4]      a[D]ll th[Em7]at ever was an[Em7]d will be[Asus4]        [Asus4]
This i[D]s lo[D]ve         [Dsus4]                [D]                     [D]                         [D]                               [Dsus4]                                      [D]

If you ever need some proof that time can heal your wounds, just step
inside my heart and walk around these rooms; where the shadows used to be,
you can feel as well as see how peace can hover

Time's been here to fix what's broken with its power and the love that
smashed us both to bits spent its last few hours calling out your name,
and I thought, this is the kind of pain from which we don't recover

But I'm standing here now with my heart held out to you
You would have thought a miracle was all that got us through
Well baby, all I know, all I know is I'm still standing

And this is love, all that ever was and will be
This is love, standing up for you baby, standing up for me

[G]  And I see yo[G]u still a[G]nd there's this catch in m[G]y
thr[Asus4]oat; And I ju[Asus4]st swallow har[Asus4]d till it leave[Asus4]s me
[G]  There's nothi[G]ng in this world [G]that can change what w[G]e know
[Asus4]Still I kno[Asus4]w I am here i[Asus4]f you ever[Asus4] need me   [G]              [G]                    [G]                               [G]

And this i[D]s lo[D]ve [guitar s[Dsus4]olo]    [D]         [Em7]                 [Em7]                         [Asus4]                                 [Asus4]
[D]   [D]           [Dsus4]   [D]    [Em7]     [Em7]     [Asus4]   [Asus4]
[D]   [D]           [Dsus4]   [D]    [Em7]     [Em7]     [Asus4]   [Asus4]
[Bm]   [Bm]    [Dsus4]   [D]    [Em7]     [Em7]     [Asus4]   [Asus4]
[D]  [D]          [Dsus4]  [D]    [D]  [D]     [Dsus4]  [D]
If you ever think of me, let it be around twilight, when the world has
settled down, and the last round of sunlight is waning in the sky as you
sit and watch the night descending

A car will pass out front with lovers at the wheel, a dog will bark out
back, and children's voices peal over and under the air, you've been there,
lost in the remembering

If you ever wish for things that are only in the past
Just remember that the wrong things aren't supposed to last
Baby, it's over and done, the rest is gonna come when you let it

And this is love, all that ever was and will be
This is love, when you let it baby, if you let it now
This is love, all that ever was and can be
This is love

[Repeat [D] D (9 fr.) [Dsus4] [D], and fade.]

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