River deep, mountain high      (midi)

 

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1.         When I was a little girl I had a rag doll,

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    the only doll I've ever owned.

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    Now I love you just the way I loved that rag doll,

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    but only now my love has grown.

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    And it gets stronger in every way, and it gets deeper, let me say.

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    And it gets higher day by day.

 

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Do I love you, my oh my, yes, river deep, mountain high.

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If I lost you, would I cry, oh, how I love you baby, baby, baby, baby.

 

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2. When you were a young boy, did you have a puppy,

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    that always followed you around?

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    Well, I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy,

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    no, I'll never let you down.

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    'Cause it goes on like a river flows,

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    and it gets bigger, baby, and heaven knows.

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    and it gets sweeter, baby, as it grows.  + CHORUS

 

A

    I love you, baby, like a flower loves the spring.

 

    And I love you, baby, like a robin loves to sing.

D

    And I love you, baby, like a schoolboy loves his bag.

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    And I love you, baby, river deep, mountain high.      + CHORUS

 

(orig. = capo 1st)     (Tina Turner)