Love Story

G D7 G D7 G D7 Some folks say I'm alcoholic G D7 G But they don't know me well G B7 Em A7 Some folks say that I'm all washed up, well okay Am7 C/D G D7 All those people can go to hell G D7 G D7 Now I don't want to sing no rock 'n' roll song G D7 G At least not till later in the show G B7 Em A7 Right now I'm lookin' out there in the audience for someone Am7 C/D G Who'd love to hear my story told F C Cause I got one to tell G F C 'bout some people that we all know well G B7 Em A7 It's a real love story and it's sad but true Am7 C/D G D7 The effect that it has had on me and you G D7 G D7 Now Johnny and Paulie were lovers G D7 G Worked together a long time ago G B7 Em A7 When their love affair faded, well they separated Am7 C/D G D7 Cause that's the way those things usually go G D7 G D7 Now Johnny, he could write like a poet (uh huh) G D7 G You know they say he had a way with words G B7 And Paulie, well Paulie was pretty Em A7 Had a way with the melody Am7 C/D G Wrote the sweetest ones I ever heard C B7 Em A7 If they were only human C B7 Em A7 A little bit like you 'n' me C B7 Everything could've been alright Em A7 They could've slipped away in the middle of the night Am7 C/D G F C But we just won't let 'em be, let 'em be, let 'em be G F C Let 'em be, let 'em be D7 G F7 Just because they wrote the songs that Gdim Gm7 Eb A7 changed the universe with every verse and chorus D6 A7 G Gm C Cm They restored us to ourselves of harmony G F C Oh let 'em be, let 'em be, let 'em be G F C Let 'em be, let 'em be G D7 G D7 Now suppose you had yourself a lover G D7 G And you finally said so long ("So long, honey!") G B7 But the rest of the world's so stupid Em A7 Can't leave that girl Am7 C/D G D7 Cause everybody knows you're wrong G D7 G D7 Well, when something's over, man, it's over G D7 G But if it's good, the memories last G B7 Just because you're on your own, hey Em A7 it doesn't mean you're all alone Am7 C/D G Unless you're livin' in the past F C In the past, in the past C B7 Em A7 You know it's only human C B7 Em A7 A little bit like you 'n' me (yeah) C B7 Everything could've been alright Em A7 Could've slipped away in the middle of the night Am7 C/D G But we just won't let 'em be F C Let 'em be, let 'em be G F C Let 'em be, let 'em be G Let 'em be Em Let 'em be A7 Am7 C/D G6 Let 'em be