Love Keep Us Together By: Martin Sexton Standard tuning, although Martin is usually tuned down 1/2 step Verse (3x023x) (2x023x) / (1x023x) (3x003x) (x0543x) (x3x030) (3x0033) (133010) Intro (album) / e-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------| b---3------------3---3--|--------------3---3--|-----------3---3-|------------3-3P0--| g---2--x-x---x-x-2-x-2--|----x-x---x---2-x-2--|-----x-0-x-2-x-0-|----x-------4-4P0--| d---0--x---x---x-0-x-0--|----x---x---x-0-x-0--|-----x---x-0-x-0-|----x-------5-5P0--| a------x-------x---x----|----x-----------x----|-----x---x---x---|----x-----0--------| e---3--x-------x-3-x-2--|-2--x---------2-x-1--|-1-1-x---x-1-x-3-|-3--x-3/4----------| x - stop strings percussively Verse Hold me tight don't say goodnight / And I'll let you know that I care_______ Wait a little longer don't let me be / And I'll comfort you from the storm_____ It's been a long night tomorrow's another day / Call me when you find out the answer And I'll hope and I'll pray / To a power that will keep me from goin' insane in the meantime Teenage lovers caught up in this dance Pain's the price of this young romance How was I such a young fool to know Lord knows I got no direction from home So I say this prayer (Chorus) / Take hold of me blessed powers that be Love keep us together (Repeat Chords) Down with the rain came the news That our wild ways gonna bring us a baby boy Wash away all those innocent dreams Now my whole world is turned upside-down on me And here I pray To some power they say's gonna keep me from goin' insane I can't be strong unless I'm by your side My weakness tells me to run for the hills Responsibility beckons me To think I dreamed your kiss would set me free Well I've never been so wrong Chorus (Spoken) There cries a child so deep in the night He needs a father somebody to set things right I am the one to love to hold him tight To discount by love a serious oversight Higher power has brought us together I know She will keep us together wherever we go Even if I live a thousand miles away My love is pure and strong and here to stay