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I Didn't Mean to Love You
Words & Music by Arthur Butler & Karen PhillipRecorded by Helen Reddy, 1972
Intro: Am - A9 - Am E7 - Am7 - G/B C - G/B - Am7 D9
Am Am+7 Am7 D9
Sunday morning waking up and touching you --
G D/F# Em7 E7
You're always warm at 9 a.m.
Am Am+7 Am7 D9
Pillows close and I can feel you wanting me,
G D/F# E7
Then I go back to sleep again.
E7alt Am7 E7 Am Am+7 D7/F#
I didn't mean to love you,
Am7 Em7 D9 G G/F# E7
And I never meant to care;
E7 Am7 E7alt Am7 E7 Am Am+7 D7/F#
But I guess I nev - er noticed
D7 E7 Cdim B7 Em B+ E7
Just how of - ten you were there.
Am Am+7 Am7 D9
Walking on and talking 'til the sun went down,
G D/F# Em7 E7
You kept me warm with just your eyes.
Am Am+7 Am7 D9
Seems that all we wanted just came naturally --
G D/F# E7
We never even had to try.
E7alt Am7 E7 Am Am+7 D7/F#
I didn't mean to love you,
Am7 Em7 D9 G G/F# E7
Didn't want to let it show;
E7 Am7 E7alt Am7 E7 Am Am+7 D7/F#
No, I never meant to tell you --
D7 E7 Cdim B7 Em B+ Em7 E7
I'm just too proud to let you know.
C D7/9 Em E7
Bring back the days when we could talk away our troubles;
C D7/9 G
Don't tell things have changed so much.
C C/B Am7 Am7/G Em7 C
Please take the time -- you know it's not so hard to do
Am7 Cdim Em
Unless there's nothing left to say --
Am7 Cdim E
I guess there's nothing left to say.
E7alt Am7 E7 Am Am+7 D7/F#
I didn't mean to love you,
Am7 Em7 D9 G G/F# E7
But I guess I al - ways will;
E7 Am7 E7alt Am7 E7 Am Am+7 D7/F#
Guess you'll always be in - side me,
D7 E7 Cdim B7 Em
Kind of warm and soft and still.
E7alt Am7 E7 Am Am+7 D7/F#
I didn't mean to need you,
Am7 Em7 D9 G G/F# E7
And I didn't want to cry;
E7alt Am7 E7 Am Am+7 D7/F#
I never meant to lose you,
Cdim B7 Em Em7 CM7
I never meant goodbye --
Am7 D6 D7/9 E
I never meant good - bye.
*Suggested by recent visitor Luis Villa.