Makin’ up for lost time    (video)

 

    C - F - Dm - G

 

   C                                           F                                 C

1.    I see you standing by the light in the window of my bedroom,

Em                                         F

    that old moon has never shined as bright

                 C                      G

    as it's shining now on you.

                          C                                F

    I see a new star in the heavens for us tonight,

Am                                        G

    I've been waitin' for you most of my life.

        C                                                F

    Now that we're together and the way we belong,

        C                                          G

    I can't help but wonder why, why did it take so long ?

 

C                                - C                             - C 

    Sometimes it takes      much time to find       the right one, to say :

F                                          - F

    I wanna make you mine,       I wanna make you mine,

F

    be with you all the time,

Dm                                C                         G

    and be the only light in your eyes that ever shines.

C                                 - C                                  - C

    Sometimes it takes       many roads to reach      the right one, to say :

F                                          - F

   Here's where I wanna be,      oh, what you mean to me

F          

    when we're making love.

Dm                                     C                    G        C                      - F

    I'll spend the rest of my life with you making up for lost time,

 Dm                               - G        C

making up (making up)        for lost time.

 

     C                                     F                                    C

2.      I turn around and get lost in the look that you give to me,

Em                                F                             C                       G

    I drift away when I hear you say you've only lived to find me.

                             C                                             F

    Darlin', let me hold you with my arms, darlin', oh, so tight,

Am                                    G

    I been waitin' for you most of my life.

       C                                                 F

    Now that we're together and the way we belong,

         C                                        G

    I can't help but wonder why, why did it take so long ?

 

C                                - C                             - C 

    Sometimes it takes      much time to find       the right one, to say :

F                                          - F

    I wanna make you mine,       I wanna make you mine,

F

    be with you all the time,

Dm                                C                         G

    and be the only light in your eyes that ever shines.

C                                 - C                                  - C

    Sometimes it takes       many roads to reach      the right one, to say :

F                                          - F

   Here's where I wanna be,      oh, what you mean to me

F          

    when we're making love.

Dm                                     C                    G        C                      - F

    I'll spend the rest of my life with you making up for lost time,

 Dm                               - G        C

making up (making up)        for lost time.

 

             F                             - C

+  We never spent together       lost time,

       F                              - C

    better late than never,        lost time,

                F                                      Dm                           - G             C

    you know we'll be everywhere making up, making up       for lost time.

             F                             - C

    We never spent together       lost time,

       F                               - C

    better late than never,        lost time ....

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Crystal Gayle & Gary Morris)