Dolly Parton. Writer of the song and a much gentler version than  
Celine Dion and ideal for fingerpicking. 
 
A5           F#5        D5          E5 
 
     A5   E5          A5                 F#5                 D5 E5 
If.. I?..should stay, I would only be in your way. 
          A5  E5           A5                       F#5                          D5  E5 
So I   go,?. but I know, I?ll think of you each step of the way 
       A5 F#5  D5        E5                A5     F#5 D5            E5                 A5  
And I??        will always love you????.. will always love you. 
F#5        D5        E5  
 
          A5       E5            A5                         F#5                   D5 E5 
Bittersweet     memories, that?s all that I  am taking with me 
          A5   E5                      A5                 F#5                                    D5 E5   
Goodbye,   please don?t cry, we both know that I?m not what you need 
       A5  F#5  D5          E5                 A5      F#5   D5        E5                 A5     
And I?????will always love you???      will always love you. 
 
Spoken    
E5         A5      E5                A5 
I hope life?. treats you kind 
         F#5                                                       D5 E5        
And I hope  you?ll have all  you ever dreamed of. 
       A5  E5               A5  
And I?  wish you joy and happiness. 
                 F#5                        D5  E5     
But above all of this I wish you love 
 
   
        A5   F#5  D5         E5                A5     F#5 D5              E5                 A5    F#5  D5 
And I????    will always love you????   I will always love you. 
       E5                  D5      A5  
I will always love you.