How Sweet It Is

												
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
(Holland, Dozier, Holland) 1964
PerFormed by JAmes Taylor

 How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G G7]
 How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G C7]

I needed the shelter of somEone's arms and there you were [G Em D C7]
I needed somEone to understand my ups and Downs 
 and there you were [G Em D C7]
With sweet love and devotion 
 deeply touching my Emotion [G C7 G C7]
I want to stop and thank you bAby [G C7]
I just want to stop and thank you bAby [G]

 How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G G7]
 How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G C7]

I close my eyes at night, 
 wondering where would I be witHout you in my life [G Em D C7]
Everything I did was just a Bore, 
 everywhere I went it seEms I'd been there beFore [G Em D C7]
But you brightened up For me all of my days
 With a love so sweet in so many ways [G C7 G C7]
I want to stop and thank you bAby [G C7]
I want to stop and thank you bAby [G]

 How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G G7]
 How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G C7]

You were better For me than I was For myself [G C7]
For me, there's you and there ain't noBody else [G C7]
I want to stop and thank you bAby [G C7] 
I just want to stop and thank you bAby [G]

How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G G7]
How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G C7]