VERSE 1 D5 I love You more than a slow-falling summer rain D5 G5 D5 E5 More than a silence that only the snow leaves behind A5 D5 I love You more D5 And I love You better than the gray of the autumn air D5 G5 D5 E5 Better than spring in its blooming against the sky A5 D5 I love You more CHORUS 1 E5 D5 G5 A5 It may not be red as the roses yet E5 D5 G5 A5 It may not be strong as the old oak trees but E5 D5 G5 A5 D5 Love planted deeply becomes what it ought to be VERSE 2 D5 Your love is steady and sure as the mountains high D5 G5 D5 E5 Moving my heart like a river that gently bends A5 D5 Your love is sure D5 Your love is wide open spaces where I can run D5 G5 D5 E5 And yet, we're tangled up roots in the warm broken earth A5 D5 Yeah, our love is sure CHORUS 2 E5 D5 G5 A5 And it may not be clear as the morning yet E5 D5 G5 A5 It may not be wide as a restless sea but E5 D5 G5 A5 D5 Love given freely becomes what it ought to be INSTRUMENTAL D5 (whistling) D5 G5 D5 E5 A5 (whistling) G5 D5 E5 A5 VERSE 3 E5 D5 G5 A5 It may not be clear as the morning yet E5 D5 G5 A5 It may not be wide as a restless sea E5 D5 G5 A5 And it may not be red as the roses yet E5 D5 G5 A5 It may not be strong as the old oak trees but E5 D5 G5 A5 Love planted deeply becomes what it ought to and E5 D5 G5 A5 Hearts given freely become what they ought to and E5 D5 G5 A5 D5 Love planted deeply becomes what it ought to be What it ought to be (ends on D5 )