Intro:

      [drum fill]

      [horns over chorus chords]

Chorus 1:

      Ab              Eb/G
      It's the lovin' things you do
          Ab7/F#           C#/F    C#m/E
      That make me grow so close to you
       Eb   E?        Fm          Ab/Eb
      Gonna want you my whole life through
               C#     Cm *          Bbm      Eb
      For the lovin' things, baby, that you do

                     * Intro, 3, 5, 6: Ab/C

Chorus 2:

      It's the lovin' things you say
      That give me comfort every day
      By you're side I'm gonna stay
      To hear the lovin' things, baby, that you say

Verse 1:

       B               C#m/B
      Since that day our love began
            C#?/B         B
      I've become a new and happy man
      Eb         A?
      I can hold my head up high
           Ab              Bb
      When you are near I touch the sky

      [w/bass, organ, sand blocks]:

       Ab       Eb/G     C#/F    Eb
      With your soft and sweet caress
       Ab        Eb/G     C#/F   Eb
      You brought me such tenderness

      [band re-enters]:

      C#     Ab/C    Bbm
      To think I was once forsaken
      Eb
      With your kiss I've been awakened

[repeat chorus 1]

Verse 2:

      [first four lines instrumental]

      With your soft and sweet caress
      You brought me such tenderness
      With a smile from your young face
      You gave me back my inspiration

Chorus 3:

      It's the lovin' things we share
      That assures me how you care
      Our friends call us a perfect pair
      For the lovin' things, baby, that we share

[repeat chorus 1, 2X]

[repeat chorus instrumentally; fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers