VERSE 1
D
I love You more than a slow-falling summer rain
D                                               G    D4/F#   Em7
More than a silence that only the snow leaves behind
  A        D
I love You more

D
And I love You better than the gray of the autumn air
D                                               G    D4/F#   Em7
Better than spring in its blooming against the sky
  A        D
I love You more


CHORUS 1
   Em7        D4/F#    G     A
It may not be red as the roses yet
   Em7        D4/F#       G       A
It may not be strong as the old oak trees but
Em7          D/F#     G             A        D
Love planted deeply becomes what it ought to be


VERSE 2
D
Your love is steady and sure as the mountains high
D                                        G    D4/F#   Em7
Moving my heart like a river that gently bends
     A       D
Your love is sure

D
Your love is wide open spaces where I can run
D                                                  G    D4/F#   Em7
And yet, we're tangled up roots in the warm broken earth
          A       D
Yeah, our love is sure


CHORUS 2
       Em7        D4/F#      G       A
And it may not be clear as the morning yet
       Em7    D4/F#   G        A
It may not be wide as a restless sea but
Em7          D/F#     G             A        D
Love given freely becomes what it ought to be


INSTRUMENTAL
D
(whistling)
D            G   D4/F#   Em7   A
(whistling)
G   D4/F#   Em7   A


VERSE 3
   Em7        D4/F#      G       A
It may not be clear as the morning yet
       Em7    D4/F#   G        A
It may not be wide as a restless sea
       Em7        D4/F#    G     A
And it may not be red as the roses yet
   Em7        D4/F#       G       A
It may not be strong as the old oak trees but

Em7          D/F#     G             A        
Love planted deeply becomes what it ought to and
Em7          D/F#     G              A        
Hearts given freely become what they ought to and
Em7          D/F#     G             A        D
Love planted deeply becomes what it ought to be

What it ought to be

(ends on D )