These Are The Things I Love

Words & Music by Harold Barlow & Lewis Harris**
Recorded by Della Reese, 1962


D    D9  D  DM7   D6  DM7 D   E
The glow of sun - set in the summer skies,

Em7 G/B  Em7/6   Em7  Em7sus4 Em7 Em7sus4  G/B       G/Bb
The gol - den   flick -  er   of    the    fi - re - flies,

 D   Bm   D  Edim  D9   A7  D9   E7 
The gleam of love light in your loveing eyes,

  G   G/F#     Edim  A7 D
These are the things I love.


D D9     D  DM7     D6  DM7     D      E
A sil - ver moon - beam peep - ing through the trees,

Em7 G/B  Em7/6   Em7  Em7sus4 Em7  Em7sus4  G/B     G/Bb
 A   bed   of    tu  -  lips  nod -  ding   in the breeze,

D   Bm   D  Edim  D9  A7   D9  E7 
The look you give in ans - wer to my pleas,

  G   G/F#      A   A9  D
These are the things I love.


 Bb     Gm           F        F7    Cdim    Bb
Once I thought that life was just a winter thing,

    Gm        Eb        Bb
My heart was cold, and then

Bb  Gm      F       F7    Fdim        D
You came to me and like a breath of spring,

     Bm         E             Fdim
You turned the silver snow to gold!


D  D9    D   DM7   D6  DM7    D   E
A rob - in's ser - e - nade when day is through,

Em7 G/B   Em7/6  Em7 Em7sus4 Em7 Em7sus4 G/B         G/Bb
A   bub - bling brook   be - side  our   ren - dez - vous,

 D   Bm      D    Edim     D9  A7     D9  E7 
Your sweet voice whisp' - ring dar - ling, I love you,

  G   G/F#     A7   Edim  D
These are the things  I  love.

*Requested by recent visitor Reuben McDaniel

**Yet another case of "elegant plagiarism", the music for this tune is based on - or "stolen from", depending on one's perspective - Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major (Pathetique, No. 6, Op. 42 Symphony)

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