The love you save    (video)    (clip)

 

       E              A                        E           - A

    Stop! Nanana, you’d better save it !

       E               A                          E          - A

    Stop, stop, stop, you’d better save it !

 

+  G - C - Am - D - Bm - Em - C - Am - D - G (= verse 1, lines 1 & 2)

 

                G                          C                        Am               D

1. When we played tag in grade school, you wanted to be it,

          Bm                      Em                     C                 Am                     - DG

  but chasing boys was just a fad, you crossed your heart and you quit.

                G                       C                 Am               D

    When we grew up you traded your promise for a ring,

            Bm                     Em                            C           Am                  - DG

    now just like back to grade school you're doing the same old thing.

 

   G                           C                         Am

Stop! The love you save may be your own,

   D                    Bm       Em                         C    Am      - DG

Darling, take it slow, or some day you’ll be all  alone.

            G                                    C                          Am

You'd better stop, the love you save may be your own !

   D                         Bm                     Em

Darling, look both ways before you cross me,

              C       Am        D         G

you're headed for the danger zone.

 

    E                         A               E                         A

    I'm the one who loves you, I'm the one you need !

                E                      A                          E                        A

    Those other guys will put you down as soon as they succeed.

                 E                   A                  E                 A

    They'll ruin your reputation, they'll label you a flirt !

              E                      A                     E                           A

    The way they talk about you, they'll turn your name to dirt, oh !

 

    G                     C                   Am                      D

2. Isaac said he kissed you beneath the apple tree,

              Bm                    Em              C     Am           - DG

    when Benji held your hand he felt e-lec-tri-ci-tee.

               G               C                    Am                           D

    When Alexander called you, he said, he rang your chimes,

       Bm                Em                     C       Am                     - DG

    Christopher discovered you're way ahead of your time.

 

 

 

 

                              E             A

+ CHORUS       +       Slow down !  (4x)

 

    E            A        E          A

+  S is for save it, T is for take it slow.

    E           A          E             A                             G

    O is for oh, no ! P is for please, please, don’t go !

 

    G                        C                         Am

3.     The love you save may be your own,

                              D             Bm                - Em            - C - Am - DG

    some day you may be all alone, stop it,         baby !

                           G                         C                          Am

    You'd better stop, the love you save may be your own,

                    D           Bm                              Em                   C   Am    - DG

    please, please, or some day, some day, baby, you'll be all alone.

 

     E                        A               E                         A

    I'm the one who loves you, I'm the one you need !

                E                      A                          E                        A

    Those other guys will put you down as soon as they succeed.

 

   G                           C                         Am     D

Stop! The love you save may be your own, baby,

 Bm                  Em                  C             Am        D     G

stop it, stop it, stop it, girl, or some day you’ll be all  alone.

 

+ E - A - E - A (2x)      + CHORUS      + E - A - E - A (2x)  .....

 

    (The Jackson Five)