The Loving Time chords by Mary Black

A beautiful song written by Noel Brazil

Standard tuning

  C       G
It reads like a fairy tale
  Am       F
And that's what it was
C        G
Young man in his prime
   Am      F
Young girl from the Cross
C          G
The most perfect of strangers
Am          F
Then the night closed in
    C  G
And the holy ground
G      F
Took care of everything

C      G
Now she was a fine one
  Am        F
And he was a handsome man
C       G
One look was enough
   Am   F
And away they ran
      C     G
They spent many happy hours
       Am      F
And then the night closed in
    C  G
And the holy ground
G      F
Took care of everything


F       G     C
Oh, what's the use in complaining?
F    G        Am
In for a penny, in for a pound
F   G    Am
I remember the loving time
F      G      C
And nothing else really counts


Am        C
And I recall the promise they made
    Am       C
With a faith I can but admire
   Am        C
That she'd be the one he adored
F        C    F
And he'd be her heart's desire


C        G
It didn't come true in the end
Am            F
They went their separate ways
C             G
He couldn't change what he was
Am         F
She wasn't ready to wait
C             G
They couldn't live in the daylight
Am            F
They let the night close in
    C  G
And the holy ground
G      F
Took care of everything

C             G
They couldn't live in the daylight
Am            F
They let the night close in
    C  G
And the holy ground
G      F
Took care of everything


F   G    Am
I remember the loving time
F      G      C
And nothing else really counts