How sweet it is, to be loved by you

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) - Marvin Gaye 1965
Written by Holland–Dozier–Holland
Soul

Am = X02210
C = X32010
C7 = X32310
Dm7 = XX0211
F = 133211
F7 = 131211
G7 = 320001

Chorus 1:

C7

F             Dm7       G7       C   C7
 How sweet it is, to be loved by you.
F             Dm7       G7       C   F7
 How sweet it is, to be loved by you.

Verse 1:

  C                      Am             G7            F7
I needed the shelter, of someone's arms; and there you were.
  C                 Am                           G7             F7
I needed someone to understand my up's and downs; and there you were.

Bridge 1:

C                       F7
 With sweet love and devotion,
C                     F7
 Deeply touching my emotion.
  C                            F7
I want to stop, and thank you, baby,
  C                            F7
I want to stop, and thank you, baby.

Chorus 2:

F             Dm7       G7       C   C7
 How sweet it is, to be loved by you.
F             Dm7       G7       C   F7
 How sweet it is, to be loved by you.

Verse 2:

  C                Am
I close my eyes at night;
G7                                   F7
 And wonder what would I be, without you in my life?
C                 Am                           G7             F7
Everything was just a bore, all the things I did, seems like I've done 'em before

Bridge 2:

C                       F7
 But you brightened up, all my days,
C               F7
 With a love so sweet, in so many ways.
  C                            F7
I want to stop, and thank you, baby,
  C                            F7
I want to stop, and thank you, baby.

Chorus 3:

F             Dm7       G7       C   C7
 How sweet it is, to be loved by you.
F             Dm7       G7       C   F7
 How sweet it is, to be loved by you.

Interlude:

C  Am, G7  F7 (2X)

Bridge 4:

C                              F7
 You were better to me, than I been for myself;
C                         F7
 For me, there's you, and nobody else.
  C                            F7
I want to stop, and thank you, baby,
  C                            F7
I want to stop, and thank you, baby.

Chorus 4:

F             Dm7       G7       C   C7
 How sweet it is, to be loved by you.
F             Dm7       G7       C   C7
 How sweet it is, to be loved by you.

(Repeat to Fade)

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