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Carrying your  love with me

 

              D                    D7                    G

1. Baby all I got is this beat-up leather bag,

            D                D7                     G

    and everything I own don't fill up half.

C

     But don't you worry 'bout the way I pack,

     G                                               D

    all I care about is getting back, real soon,

                                                          D7

    a goodbye kiss is all I need from you.

 

G

   ‘Cause, I'm carrying your love with me,

Em

    West Virginia down to Tennessee,

C                                                           D

    I'll be movin' with the good Lord's speed,

 

    Carrying your love with me.

     G

    It's my strength for holding on,

Em

    every minute that I have to be gone,

     C                                          D       - D7

    I'll have everything I'll ever need :

      - - - - - - - - - - -    G                         

    I'm carrying your love with me !

 

              D                      D7                    G

2. On a lonely highway stuck out in the rain,

               D                D7                        G

    darlin' all I have to do is speak your name.

              C

    The clouds roll back and the waters part,

           G                                                D

    the sun starts shinin' in my heart for you,

                                                      D7

    you’re right there in everything I do,

 

+ CHORUS  - Em – C - D

 

 

 

 

 

     G

    It's my strength for holding on,

Em

    Every minute that I have to be gone,

     C                                         D       - D7

    I'll have everything I'll ever need :

      - - - - - - - - - - -   G                      - h – C

    I'm carrying your love with me !

                           G                     - h - D

    Carrying your love with me !

 

+ CHORUS …..

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)  

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