[Chords]
Bm7     x 2 0 2 3 x
Dm      x x 0 2 x 1
A7      x 0 2 0 2 3
Em*     x x 5 4 5 x
 
 
[Chorus]
      
 How  sweet it

       
 is to be love

          
d by you
      
 How  sweet it

       
 is to be love

         
d by you
 
[Verse]
             
 I needed the 

            
shelter of som

              
eone's arms an

        
d      there y

#   
ou were
             
 I needed some

            
one to underst

              
and my ups and

         
 downs,     th

       
ere you were
             
 with sweet lo

            
ve and devotio

  
n
          
 deeply touchi

            
ng my emotion
             
I want to stop

           
   and thank y

   
ou baby
              
I just want to

         
 stop,     and

            
 thank you bab

  
y
 
[Chorus]
      
 How  sweet it

       
 is to be love

          
d by you
      
 How  sweet it

       
 is to be love

         
d by you
 
[Verse]
             
 I close my ey

      
es at night
         
     wondering

              
 where would I

         
 be without yo

        
u in my life
             
 Everything I 

        
did was just a

 bore
         
     everywher

              
e I went it se

          
ems I'd been t

      
here before
             
But you bright

              
ened up for me

         
 all of my day

s
           
 With a love s

           
o sweet in so 

     
many ways
             
I want to stop

           
   and thank y

   
ou baby
              
I just want to

         
 stop,     and

            
 thank you bab

  
y
 
[Chorus]
      
 How  sweet it

       
 is to be love

          
d by you
      
 How  sweet it

       
 is to be love

         
d by you
 
[Instrumental break]
      *           x2
 
[Verse]
             
 You were bett

              
er for me than

           
 I was for mys

elf
            
 For me, there

            
's you and the

            
re ain't nobod

  
y else
             
I want to stop

           
   and thank y

   
ou baby
              
I just want to

         
 stop,     and

            
 thank you bab

  
y
 
[Ending Chorus]
      
 How  sweet it

       
 is to be love

          
d by you
      
 How  sweet it

       
 is to be love

      
d by you      

/    
        (oh no

w)
      
 How  sweet it

       
 is to be love

       
d by you (it's

         
 like jelly, b

    
aby, oh now)
      
 How  sweet it

       
 is to be love

        
d by you (just

         
 like honey to

       
 the bee baby,

 yeah now)
      
 How  sweet it

       
 is to be love

          
d by you
(repeat and fade)