I NEED TO BE IN LOVE    (intro) (midi)

 

             G                                             Em

1. The hardest thing I've ever done is keep believing.

                G                                                 F    - G

    there's someone in this crazy world for me.

              C                                                        Cm

    The way that people come and go through temporary lives,

              G                              Em                     Am     - D7

    my chance could come and I might never know.

        G                                               Em

2. I used to say, "No promises, let's keep it simple",

            G                                                  F   - G

    but freedom only helps you say goodbye.

         C                                               Bm        D              Em

    It took a while for me to learn that nothing comes for free,

             C                 D7                      G    - G7

    the price I paid is high enough for me.

C              D                Bm  - Em  C                 D                        G    - G7

I know I need to be in love,         I know I've wasted too much time,

      C                B7                 C         D         Em

I know I ask perfection of a quite imperfect world - -

         C                      D                            G

and fool enough to think that's what I'll find.

           G                                            Em

3. So here I am with pockets full of good intentions,

           G                                               F       - G

   but none of them will comfort me tonight.

          C                                    Bm       D          Em

   I'm wide awake at 4 a.m. without a friend in sight,

          C                   D7                     G    - G7

   I'm hanging on a hope but I'm all right.           

    + CHORUS (2x)       C - D - Bm - Em – C - D - G      

 

(Orig. = Capo 2)

 

    (Carpenters)