Billy Idol – To Be A Lover (Guitar)

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To Be a Lover - Billy Idol (Storytellers version) [Intro] C [Verse]

        C
Have I told you lately that I love you

              F
If I didn't, darlin', you see, I'm so sorry

          C
Didn't I reach out and hold you in these lovin' arms

                       F
Well, if I didn't, oh baby. Well, I'm so sorry

        C
When I realized that you need love too, gonna spend my life makin' love to you.

[Chorus]

   F
Forgot to be a lover. Have mercy.

                                   C
Forgot to be a lover, babe. (Have mercy)

Forgot to be a lover. (Have mercy)

                             F
Forgot to be a lover. (Have mercy)

Make it on through to you somehow. (Have mercy, baby)

                    C
Got to be a lover, babe. (Forgot to be a lover) Woo! Woo!

[Verse] Well, did I ask you, yes, would you come and share, oh, share,

                        F
Oh, the burden and the task. That's at love's command

          C
Didn't I say all those lovin' special things

                  F
That you long to hear to show how much I care

              C
Well, when I realize that you need love too, gonna spend my life makin' love to you

[Chorus]

   F
Forgot to be a lover (Have mercy)

[Verse]

              C
Well, well I worked all day, hard as I can

Worked all night, didn't make me a man. [Chorus]

    F
(Forgot to be a lover) (Have mercy, Oo)

[Verse]

        C                                     N.C.                         F
When I realized that you need love too, gonna spend my life makin' love to you.

(Forgot to be a lover) Got to be a lover, babe.

C
Oo, mercy. (Have mercy)

Have mercy, baby. (Have mercy, baby)

           F
I'm gonna make it on through to you somehow, so have mercy.

                   C
(Have mercy, have mercy, baby)

Have I told you, yes, lately that I love you

                 F
If I didn't, oh baby, yes, I'm so sorry.

                           C
Ah, but you know I really love you, baby.(Love you baby)

I really love you baby (Love you baby)

          F
I really need you baby (Need you baby)

                                   C     F
I really want you baby (Want you baby)

[Outro]

   C
I realized, I really need love too,

       F
Gonna spend my life makin' love, makin' love, makin' love to you

        C
Well I worked all day, hard as I can

N.C.                                F
Worked all night, didn't make me a man. (Forgot to be a lover)

Forgot to be a lover (Have mercy) Oh

      C
Have mercy, baby. (Have mercy)

Have mercy, baby. (Have mercy)

      F
Have mercy, baby. (Have mercy, baby)

I'm gonna make it on through

   C
I realized, (Forgot to be a lover) I really need love too,

       F                                           C
Gonna spend my life, spend my life makin' love to you

(Forgot to be a lover)

    F
(Forgot to be a lover) (Have mercy) (Have mercy)

      C
Have mercy, baby. (Have mercy)

   F
(Forgot to be a lover) (Have mercy) (Have mercy)