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Standing in the Shadows of Love

Four Tops
ChordsKeyFCapoFret 1advanced
4.7(25)

Chords in this song14

capo 1 — sounds a semitone higher

Intro

Standing in the shadows of love,
I’m getting ready for the heartaches to come, 
Can't you see me standing in the shadows of love?
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come. 

Verse 1

I'd run but there's nowhere to go,
Cause heartaches will follow me, I know.
Without your love, the love I need,
It's the beginning of the end for me.
Cause you've taken away all me reasons for livin’
When you pushed aside all the love I've been giving.
Now wait a minute...

Pre-Chorus

Didn't I teach you right, now baby, didn't I?
Didn't I do the best I could, now, didn't I?
So don't you leave me...(plus)

Chorus

Standing in the shadows of love,
I’m getting ready for the heartaches to come, 
Can't you see me standing in the shadows of love?
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come. 

Verse 2

All alone I'll desperately be,
with misery my only company,
It might come today, in fact, come tomorrow,
But for sure I ain't got nothin' but sorrow.
Don't your conscience bother you?
How can you watch me cry after all I've done for you?
Now hold on a minute...

Pre-Chorus

Gave you all the love I had, now didn't I?
When you needed me I was always there, now wasn't I?

Chorus

Standing in the shadows of love,
Fmaj 7 E E7
I’m getting ready for the heartaches to come,
I'm trying not to cry out loud,
you know cryin' ain't gonna help me now.
Dsus 4 Dm
What did I do to cause all this grief?
Now what'd I say to make you want to leave?
Now wait a minute...

Outro

Standing in the shadows of love,
I’m getting ready for the heartaches to come, 
Can't you see me standing in the shadows of love?
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come. 

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