| E | F#m | G | A | E | F#m | G | A | E | F#m | G | A | E | F#m | G | A | E | F#m | G | A | E | F#m | G | A | E | F#m | G | A | E | F#m | E | A | D | A | D | A | D | G | D | A | A | D | A | D | A | D | G | D | A | A | |
| I was la | ughing |
| D/A | A | |
| La | ying in the streets, I wasn't | knowing |
| G | D | A | |
| I di | dn't kn | ow my f | ate |
| A | D/A | A | |
| Pl | aying the g | ame of love, but never really s | howing |
| G | D | A | |
| The t | hought that l | ove was gr | eat |
| E | D | A | |
| I | was a young man and s | ure to go a | stray |
| E | D | F#m | E | |
| Y | ou walked right into my life and t | old me love would find a | way |
| CHORUS: |
| A | D | A | D | A | D | G | D | A | |
| To keep on g | rowin | g, keep on g | rowin | g, keep on g | rowing |
| I was standing |
| Looking in the face of one who loved me |
| Feeling so ashamed |
| Hoping and praying, Lord, that she could understand me |
| But I didn't know her name |
| She took my hand in hers and told me I was wrong |
| She said, you're gonna be all right boy, oh just as long |
| As you ...CHORUS |
| SOLO ON VERSE |
| A | D | G | G | D | A | |
| A | D | G | G | D | E ...SOLO ON CHORUS |
| Lady, someday, baby, who knows where or when, Lord |
| Just you wait and see |
| We'll be walking |
| Together hand in hand along the way, love |
| Hope it's still me |
| This time is gonna change us, Lord, and I know it's true |
| Our love is gonna keep on growing and growing |
| and it's all because of you ...CHORUS TWICE |
| LONG SOLO ON: A D A D |
| NOTE: This is exactly the same as the excellent previous entry, but |
| put into a consise one page format. |
| (from Layla, 1970) |
| (sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu) |