Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)

Words & Music by Paul Francis Webster & Dimitri Tiomkin
Recorded by Pat Boone, 1956 (#5)



 A7 Em7 Dalt  B7   G  G/F#      A    Em7      D        B7
Thee I  love,    more than the mea - dow so green and still

 G    G/F#     A   Fdim(III)     D       B7
More than the mul -  ber  - ries on the hill

 G    G/F#     A   Em7  F#m D9        Emy A7  G   D
More than the buds on a May ap - ple tree, I love thee

 G        D   B7            Em   A  Edim     Gdim   D
Arms have I, strong as the oak, for this oc - ca - sion

Fdim(III)  C#7    Edim        D   G    D      F#m       G     A7
  Lips have I, to kiss thee, too, in friend - ly per - sua - sion


 A7 Em7 Dalt  B7   G   G/F#      A   Em7      D        B7
Thee is mine,    though I don't know ma - ny words of praise

G    G/F#     A     Fdim(III)   D          B7
Thee plea - sures me   in    a hun - dred ways

G  G/F#      A    Em7       F#m    D9       Em7
Put on your bon - net, your cape, and your glove

G/B Em7  Bm7  E          A7 Em7 G
And come with me, for thee I love,

     G        D   A7  Em7 Edim  D
And come with me, for thee I   love.




 
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