The Love You Steal

D    G7    G7    C    C

[Verse 1]

          C           A7             D7
There’s a girl at the door please go answer it dear
              G                   C            C7
I should have told you before someday she’d be here
       F                        C         A7
She’ll show you a paper proving we said I do
            D7                    G            G7
Then you’ll know I must go she’ll take me from you

[Chorus]

       C           A7         D7
Sure I love you my darling so please let her in
    G                        C          C7
The time has arrived we must pay for my sins
    F                           C          A7
You won’t have to ask me you’ll know how I feel
        D7        G                               C
Just as I know my darling you can’t keep love you steal


[Verse 2] Spoken
F
    Yes we were happily married
C                       A7
   It’s been some time ago
    D7                                          G7
And then something happened what it was I don’t know
                           C
But she left me she’s been gone a long long while
A7                 D7
   And when I grew lonely and needed the comfort
                           G7
Of a companions sweet smile I found you
                        C7
And you gave me all the things that she took away
                 F
And you’ll never know how I’ve dreaded the thought
                               C
That she’d be coming back some day
    A7                  D7
But now that she’s here and there’s nothing we can do
G7                                 C
  That paper says I’m hers and the law says we’re through

[Chorus]

C                    A7          D7
  Sure I love you my darling but go to the door
  G7                              C              C7
I know you’ll forgive though your young heart is sore
      F                           C          A7
Maybe someday if we pray God will hear our appeal
            D7        G7                            F    C  F  C
Through His mercy and wisdom we won’t need love you steal