INTRO: C..F/...Am7..G/...C..F/...Am7..G/...
VERSE 1
C F / C F /
A baby's born in the middle of the night in the local delivery room;
C F / Am G F
They grab his feet, smack him till he cries, he goes home the next afternoon.
C F / C F /
Before you know it he's off to school, and then he graduates in May;
C F / Am G F
Goes out and gets a Ph.D. and then cures all sorts of things.
Dm G C F /
Wins the Nobel Prize and saves a million different lives;
Dm G C F C
The world's a better place for all he's done.
F G G/B C F /
It's funny when you think about the reason he's alive
Dm G C F/ Am7 G/
Is all because two people fell in love.
VERSE 2
C F / C F /
Right now at a picnic shelter down by Canyon Creek
C F / Am G F
You'll find potato salad, hot dogs and baked beans.
C F / C F /
The whole Wilson family's lined up filling their paper plates,
C F / Am G F
And they drove or've flown in here from fifteen different states
Dm G C F /
Stanley Wilson says that sixty years ago he knew
Dm G C F C
That Miss Emma Tucker was the one.
F G G/B C F /
Now five generations get together every June,
Dm G F - C/E - G/D - C
All because two people fell in love.
CHORUS 1
G
Yeah, there ain't nothing not affected
F
When two hearts get connected
C G/B / Am
All that is, will be, or ever was.
G
Every single choice we make,
F
Every breath we get to take,
(F) G C F/ Am7 G/
Is all because two people fell in love.
C..F/...Am7.G.F...F2...
VERSE 3
C F / C F /
Well, I recall a young man who was drifting aimlessly
C F / Am G F
And ey young waitress who seemed lonesome as could be.
Dm G C F /
In a little cafÈ right off 14th Avenue,
Dm G C F C
With a whole lotta help from up above
F G G/B C F /
We met and things sure turned around for me and you,
Dm G F - C/E - G/D - C
And all because two people fell in love.
CHORUS 2
G
Baby there ain't nothing not affected
F
When two hearts get connected
C G/B / Am
All that is, will be, or ever was.
G
I'm glad your dad could not resist
F
Your mother's charms, and you exist;
(F) G F - C/E - G/D - C
All because two people fell in love.
TAG
G
You know, to me it's all so clear:
F (let ring)
Every one of us is here
F G C F/ Am7 G/
All because two people fell in love.
C F / C F /
A baby's born in the middle of the night in the local delivery room;
C F / Am G F
They grab his feet, smack him till he cries, he goes home the next afternoon.
OUT: C..F/...C..F/...
[Thanks to Ryan Farrington for corrections]