Is this what I get for loving you    (video)

 

    C - F - G (2x)

 

    C                                    F

1.     There's been a lot of talk around,

                                 G                C

    that you've been seen with a certain party,

Am                    D                 F         G     - F        G

    and now I'm so afraid I'm losing you,       oh, baby !

C                                        F

    Don't tell me you don't want my love,

                    G                   C

    I couldn't give it to just anybody.

Bb                                             C

    Baby, won't you say it isn't true ?

 

               C                               F

    Don't leave me, baby, don't tell me it's over,

                C                        F          G          F             G

    after I trusted you, and did my best to make you happy !

 

      C                         

Is this what I get for loving you, baby ?

      F

Is this what I get for loving you, baby ?

     C                                 G

There was a night when you held me tight,

               Bb                                         Bb

and you said, you'd always love me (said, you’d always love me),

        Bb                                         Bb

you said, you'd always need me (said, you’d always need me).

 

    C                                    F

2.     What would there be left for me ?

                          G                C

     It's such a cruel world to be alone in.

Am                D                          F         G    - F         G

    I always needed you to look out for me,        oh, baby,

C                                   F

    I'm gonna miss your loving arms

                                  G                 C

    'cause they're the only arms I feel at home in.

Bb                                                            C

    Don't you know how lonely I'm gonna be ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

               C                               F

    Don't leave me, baby, don't tell me it's over,

                C                        F          G          F             G

    after I trusted you, and did my best to make you happy !

 

      C                         

Is this what I get for loving you, baby ?

      F

Is this what I get for loving you, baby ?

     C                                 G

There was a night when you held me tight,

               Bb                                        Bb

and you said, you'd always love me (said, you’d always love me),

        Bb                                         Bb

you said, you'd always need me (said, you’d always need me).

 

+ C - F - C - G - C

 

+ repeat verse 2

 

               C                               F

    Don't leave me, baby, don't tell me it's over,

                C                        F          G          F             G

    after I trusted you, and did my best to make you happy !

 

+ CHORUS   + C - F - G    - C - F - G ...

 

    (Marianne Faithfull)