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Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

Singles And Non Album Tracks

Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
duet with Kiki Dee
released as a UK single in 1981
Stevie Wonder / Ivy Hunter

D - C - Bm - Em7 - A (x2)

D
I remember yet before we met
     C
That every night and day
          Bm                 Em7          A
I had to live the life of a lonely woman

D
I remember meeting you
    C
Discovering love can be so true
            Bm                     Em7        A
When it's shared by two instead of only one

D		  G/D  D		     G/D  D
When you said you love me (when you said you love me)
		G/D D                   G/D  D
We could not be parted (we could not be parted)
		G/D     D                   G/D      D
And I built my world around you (I built my world around you)
		        A
I'm so thankful that I found you

     D		   D/C		   C	      Bm
And loving you has made my life sweeter than ever 
 Em7             A
(I ain't never felt like this before)
 D             D/C            C           Bm    Em7          A
Loving you has made my life sweeter than ever, sweeter than ever

 D
Each night I pray we'd never part
C				     Bm
For the love within my heart grows stronger
    Em7             A
From day to day

    D
As best I can, and how I try
    C
To reassure and satisfy
       Bm                 Em7        S
'Cause I'd be lost if you went away

  D             G/D   D                 G/D   D
'Cause I really need you (really really need you)
		      G/D     D
And I need for you to need me too
                   G/D        D
(If you don't go breaking my heart)
                G/D      D
I have built my world around you
                G/D       D
(I have built my world around you)
			         A
Baby I'm so thankful that I've found you

     D             D/C            C          Bm
And loving you has made my life sweeter than ever before
 Em7             A
(I ain't never felt like this before)
      D            D/C             C         Bm
And loving you has made my life sweeter than ever
Em7              A
So much sweeter

             E				D - C#m - F#m7- B
That's what loving you (loving you)

E - D - C#m - F#m7- B

   D            G/D   D                 G/D   D
'Cause I really love you (really really love you)
			  G/D     D
And I'm thankful that you love me too
                   G/D      D
(Thankful that you love me too)
                G/D      D
I have built my world around you
                 G/D      D
(I have built my world around you)
			A
I am truly glad, truly glad

       D            D/C            C           Bm
That loving you has made my life sweeter than ever
  Em7                A
(You don't know how much this means to me)
          D
When I'm loving you
D/C  C   Bm
Me, you, us
 Em7		    A
Sweeter than ever (tell me about it)
 E             E/D            D          C#m
Loving you has made my life sweeter than ever
  F#m7               B
(You don't know how much this means to me)
     D             E/D            D          C#m
I'm loving you has made my life sweeter than ever
 F#m7               B
(You're sweeter than ever baby)
 E		    
Sweeter than ever (sweeter than ever)
D
So much sweeter (sweeter than ever)

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