---(capo 4th fret)---
| C | Am7 | |
| He was si | tting on a corner with a bo | ttle of beer, |
| Bb | G | |
| And the s | ame shopping cart he'd been pu | shing for years, |
| C | |
| A big sm | ile on his face, |
| Am7 | |
| Like the f | irst day of spring, |
| Bb | |
| All the pe | ople looked the other way, |
| G | |
| but they h | eard him sing, and he sang, |
| (chorus) |
| C | - | Am7 | Em7 | G | |
| Lo | -- | ve, love is a s | weet thing | , |
| He sang love, |
| C | - | Am7 | Em7 | G | |
| Lo | -- | ve is a s | weet thing | , |
| (verse 2) |
| C | |
| She s | hot out of Texas, |
| Am7 | |
| Like a bu | llet from a gun, |
| Bb | G | |
| With a | van full of hippies and a b | and on the run, |
| C | |
| She didn't w | ant to be famous, |
| Am7 | |
| She just w | anted to play, |
| Bb | G | |
| In old d | ive bars and pool halls she g | ot up on stage, |
| And she sang, |
| (chorus) |
| C | - | Am7 | Em7 | G | |
| Lo | -- | ve, love is a s | weet thing | , |
| She sang love, |
| C | - | Am7 | Em7 | G | |
| Lo | -- | ve is a s | weet, sweet t | hing, |
| (bridge) |
| F | |
| It's eve | rywhere you look, |
| Fm | |
| If you l | ook hard enough, |
| C | |
| Its re | ally not hard to see, |
| F | |
| Yeah, once you p | ut your arms around it, |
| Fm | |
| You can n | ever get too much, |
| G | G7 | |
| Love is a sweet, sweet t | hing, |
| (lead chords - C - Am7 - Em7 - G = 2x's) |
| F | |
| It's in the sm | ile of a stranger, |
| Fm | |
| In the e | yes of a child, |
| C | |
| On the c | orner of a crowded street, |
| F | |
| Its eve | rywhere around us, |
| Fm | |
| Its al | ways growing wild, |
| G | G7 | |
| Love is a sweet, sweet th | ing, |
| (chorus) |
| C | - | Am7 | Em7 | G | |
| Lo | -- | ve, love is a s | weet thing | , |
| I sang love, love, love, |
| C | - | Am7 | Em7 | G | |
| Lo | -- | ve is a s | weet, sweet t | hing, |
| C | Am7 | |
| I sang, l | ove, love, l | ove, |
| Em7 | G | |
| Love is a s | weet, sweet th | ing |
| C | - | Am7 | Em7 | G | |
| Lo | -- | ve, love is a s | weet thing | , |
| I sang love, |
| C | - | Am7 | Em7 | G | |
| Lo | -- | ve is a s | weet, sweet t | hing, |