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Perhaps Love
John Denver
The song is written by John Denver and released in 1981 in duett with Plácido Domingo.
Modified 03.09.2019
Intro
A
F#m
Bm
E
A
F#m
Bm
E
Verse 1
Perhaps
A
love is like a
love is like a
F#m
resting place
resting place
A
D
shelter from the
shelter from the
E
storm
storm
It ex
A
ists to give you
ists to give you
F#m
comfort
comfort
It is
Bm
there to keep you
there to keep you
E
warm
warm
And
C#m
in those times of
in those times of
F#m
trouble
trouble
When
D
you are most
you are most
E
alone
alone
The
Bm
memory of
memory of
E
love will bring you
love will bring you
A
home
home
D/E
Verse 2
Perhaps
A
love is like a
love is like a
F#m
window
window
Per
D
haps an open
haps an open
E
door
door
It in
A
vites you to come
vites you to come
F#m
closer
closer
It
Bm
wants to show you
wants to show you
E
more
more
And
C#m
even if you
even if you
F#m
lose yourself
lose yourself
And
D
don't know what to
don't know what to
E
do
do
The
Bm
memory of
memory of
E
love will see you
love will see you
A
through
through
Bridge
Oh,
C#m
Love to some is
Love to some is
F#m
like a cloud
like a cloud
To
D
some as
some as
E
strong as
strong as
A
steel
steel
For
C#m
some a way of
some a way of
F#m
living
living
For
D
some a
some a
E
way to
way to
A
feel
feel
And
C#m
some say love is
some say love is
F#m
holding on
holding on
And
D
some say
some say
E
letting
letting
A
go
go
And
C#m
some say love is
some say love is
F#m
everything
everything
And
Bm
some say they don't
some say they don't
E
know
know
Verse 3
Perhaps
A
love is like the
love is like the
F#m
ocean
ocean
Full of
D
conflict, full of
conflict, full of
E
change
change
Like a
A
fire when it's
fire when it's
F#m
cold outside
cold outside
Or
Bm
thunder when it
thunder when it
E
rains
rains
If
C#m
I should live for
I should live for
F#m
ever
ever
And
D
all my dreams come
all my dreams come
E
true
true
My
Bm
memories of
memories of
E
love will be of
love will be of
A
you
you
Bridge (the first part is instrumental)
C#m
F#m
D
E
A
C#m
F#m
Bm
E
A
And
C#m
some say love is
some say love is
F#m
holding on
holding on
And
D
some say
some say
E
letting
letting
A
go
go
And
C#m
some say love is
some say love is
F#m
everything
everything
And
Bm
some say they don't
some say they don't
E
know
know
Verse 3 repeated
Perhaps
A
love is like the
love is like the
F#m
ocean
ocean
Full of
D
conflict, full of
conflict, full of
E
change
change
Like a
A
fire when it's
fire when it's
F#m
cold outside
cold outside
Or
Bm
thunder when it
thunder when it
E
rains
rains
If
C#m
I should live for
I should live for
F#m
ever
ever
And
D
all my dreams come
all my dreams come
E
true
true
My
Bm
memories of
memories of
E
love will be of
love will be of
A
you
you
Ending
F#m
Bm
E7
A