Greater love    (video)

 

    instrumental intro = verse 1

 

      Am                 Em                 F                      C

1. Here he lies before me, my friend for many years,

         Dm                          Am                     F                      G

    he saved me from the water, now I'm drowning in my tears.

      Am               Em                 F                  C

    Grief is but a poor word for everything I feel,

                    Dm                 G

    there can be no greater love.

 

    Am                     Em                              F                  C

2. He was there to guide me through the follies of my age,

    Dm                   Am                    F           G

    always there beside me, everything forgave.

      Am               Em         F                       C

    Held me as a father, showing me the way,

                    Dm                  G

    there can be no greater love.

 

    Em                                               F

    No fear did he have before the storm,

          Em                                         F

    the fate of others was his only thought,

              Bb                                              F

    And though it was the way to certain darkness,

        Gm                     A

    to save my life he gave his own.

 

+  Bm - F#m - G - D      - Em - Bm - G - A

 

+  Bm - F#m - G - D

 

                Em                     A

+  For my life he gave his own,

                      Em                       A                      D      - A

    and these words are writ in stone, where he lies :

 

                   D             G                    D   - Bm

    "Greater love hath no man than this,

               Em                                         A

    that a man lay down his life for his friend."

 

 

 

 

 

 

                   D             G                    D   - Bm

    "Greater love hath no man than this,

               Em                       A               D          - A

    that a man lay down his life for his friend."

 

+  D - G - D - Bm   - Em - A

 

                   D             G                    D   - Bm

    "Greater love hath no man than this,

               Em                       A               D

    that a man lay down his life for his friend."

 

    (Chris de Burgh)