I Need You chords
America 1971 (Gerry Beckley) *

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Need_You_(America_song)

             
We used to lau

       
gh, we used to

 cry, 
            
we used to bow

            
 our heads the

   
n, wonder why 
             
And now you're

              
 gone, I guess

      
 I'll carry on

 
            
And make the b

            
est of what yo

     
u've left to m

e, 
           
left to me, le

ft to me 

             
I need you, li

       
ke the flower 

needs the rain

 
            
You know I nee

              
d you, guess I

           
'll start it a

    
ll again 
             
You know I nee

              
d you like the

            
 winter needs 

    
the spring 
            
You know I nee

    
d you, I need 

you 

 

             
And every day,

              
 I'd laugh the

 
 hours away 
            
Just knowing y

            
ou were thinki

   
ng of me 
             
And then it ca

              
me, that I was

 
 put to blame,

 
            
for every stor

      
y told about m

e 
          
About me, abou

t me 

             
I need you, li

       
ke the flower 

needs the rain

 
            
You know I nee

              
d you, guess I

             
'll start it a

ll again 
           
You know I nee

         
d you, I need 

       
you, I need yo

u

            
like the winte

            
r needs the sp

ring 
            
You know I nee

              
d you, guess I

             
'll start it a

   
ll again 
           
You know I nee

         
d you, I need 

       
you, I need yo

u

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