The book of love
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1. The book of love is long and
boring,
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no
one can lift the damn thing,
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D Em
it's
full of charts and facts and figures,
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G
and
instructions for dancing.
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G
But I....................I, I love it when you read to me.
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And yo.................u, you can read me anything.
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D G
2. The book of love has music
in it,
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in
fact that's where music comes from.
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Em
Some of it’s just
transcendental,
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some
of it’s just really dumb.
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G
But I....................I,
I love it when you sing to
me.
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D - G - G C
- D G
And yo.................u, you can sing me anything.
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D
G
3. The book of love is long
and boring,
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and
written very long ago,
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D Em
it's
full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes,
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and
things we're all too young to know.
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- Em -
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D
G
But I......................I,
I love it when you give me
things.
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- D G
And yo.......................u, you ought to give me wedding rings.
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D - Em -
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G
And I..........................I, I love it when you give me things.
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D - G - G C - D G
And yo.................u, you ought to give me wedding rings.
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+ You
ought to give me wedding rings.
(orig. = capo 1st) (Peter Gabriel)