This is the original 1974 version, the older version was the re-recorded 1982 version.

[Intro]
 
 
   


[Verse 1]
   
If I should st

ay
            
I would only b

            
e in your way
            
So I'll go, bu

    
t I know
            
I'll think of 

             
you each step 

          
of the way

[Chorus]
           
And I----will 

           
always love yo

  
u
             
Will always lo

      
ve you

[Verse 2]
            
Bitter-sweet m

    
emories
            
That's all I a

             
m taking with 

   
me
            
Good-bye, plea

         
se don't cry
            
We both know t

             
hat I'm not wh

          
at you need

[Chorus]
           
But I----will 

           
always love yo

  
u
             
Will always lo

      
ve you

[Verse 3]
            
I hope life tr

         
eats you kind
            
And I hope tha

             
t you have all

              
 that you ever

        
 dreamed of
              
And I wish you

       
 joy and happi

ness
            
But above all 

             
of this I wish

       
 you love

[Outro]
           
And I----will 

           
always love yo

  
u
             
Will always lo

      
ve you
             
I will always 

         
love you.