How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

Words & Music:

Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Edward Holland (1964)

CHORUS:

A F#m B7 E E7

How sweet it is to be loved by you.

A F#m B7 E E7 A E A E

How sweet it is to be loved by you.

E C#m B A7

I needed the shelter of someone's arms, there you were.

I needed someone to understand my ups and downs, there you were.

E A7 E A7

With sweet love and devotion deeply touching my emotion.

E A7

I want to stop and thank you, baby.

E [n.c.] E E/D E/C# E/B

I just want to stop and thank you, baby

CHORUS:

I close my eyes at night,

Wondering where would I be without you in my life

Everything I did was just a bore,

Everywhere I went it seems I'd been there before

But you brightened up for me all of my days,

With a love so sweet in so many ways.

I want to stop and thank you, baby.

CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL OVER: E C#m B A7 [2x]

You were better to me than I was to myself.

For me, there's you and there ain't nobody else.

I want to stop and thank you, baby.

I just want to stop and thank you, baby.

CHORUS: [repeat, ad lib & out]