If We Want Love To Last

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G G C C

Chorus

C F C

Everybody I know is a looking for love

G

But they don't know how they give it

C F C

Everybody is a looking for more out of life

G

But they don't know how they live it

C

Like everything else if we don't return it

F C

The love's gonna run out fast

F

We gotta put more in than we take out

C G C

If we want love to last

Verse 1

F C

If it don't rain we might go to church

F C

To put in a dollar bill

F C

Shake the preacher's hand and ask him for dinner

G7 C

But really hope he never will

F C

Then we wonder why we don't get ahead

F C

As life keeps passing us by

F

We keep a looking for things that we can't find

C G C

And keep on wondering why

Chorus

C F C

Everybody I know is a looking for love

G

But they don't know how they give it

C F C

Everybody is a looking for more out of life

G

But they don't know how they live it

C

Like everything else if we don't return it

F C

The love's gonna run out fast

F

We gotta put more in than we take out

C G C

If we want love to last

Solo

C G G G G

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G G C C

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Verse 2

F C

Well we say we can't afford just to take a little time

F C

To help a poor soul in need

F C

We do just enough to ease our conscience

G C

In the world of hate and greed

C

What we need is more love but because of the color of the

F C

Man we walk right past

F

We gotta put more in than we take out

C G C

If we want love to last

Chorus

C F C

Everybody I know is a looking for love

G

But they don't know how they give it

C F C

Everybody is a looking for more out of life

G

But they don't know how they live it

C

Like everything else if we don't return it

F C

The love's gonna run out fast

F

We gotta put more in than we take out

C G C

If we want love to last

Solo

C G G G G

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