Make love stay (1982)
D - F - D - G - A - D - C - G
D G
- D G A D
1. Now that we love, now that the lonely nights are over.
G A D - G -
A
How do we make love stay ?
D G - D G A
Bm
Now that we know the
fire can burn bright or merely smolder.
G
A D
How do we keep it from dying away ?
+ D - C - D
- C
D G
- D G A D
2. Elusive as dreams barely remembered in the morning,
G A D -
G - A
love
like a phantom flies.
D G - D G A
Bm
But held in the heart, it pales like the empty smile adorning
G A D - D7
a
statue with sightless eyes.
G Bm D
+ Moments fleet, they taste so sweet within the
rapture
E A - A7
when
precious flesh is greedily consu
..med.
G Bm D
But mystery's a thing not easily captured,
Em C A - A7
and
once deceased, not easily exhu
.med.
D G -
D G A Bm
3. Now that we love, now that the lonely nights are over.
G A D
How do we make love stay ?
+ D - C - D
- G - A - D - G ~
+ D - C - D - G - A - D - G - A - D - D7
G Bm D
+ Moments fleet, taste so sweet
within the rapture
E A -
A7
when
precious flesh is greedily consu
..med.
G Bm D
But mystery's a thing not
easily captured,
Em C A - A7
and
once deceased, not easily exhu
.med.
D G - D G A
Bm
4. Now that we love look at the moonless night and tell me,
G A D
How do we make love stay?
+ D - C - D - G - A - D - G - Em - D
(Dan Vogelberg)