The loving kind chords by
Nanci Griffith

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Key: E major•

Intro 1

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F#m

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Verse 1

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They were the loving kind

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She was black and he was white

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In Virginia nineteen fifty- eight

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They found love amongst the hate

Verse 2

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Well the law said they could not wed

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They married anyway

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The sheriff put them both in jail

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Separated 'till they made their bail

Verse 3
E E 
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A A 
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They changed the heart of a nation
E E 
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with their wedding vows
B B 2
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From the highest court in the land
E E 
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Their union would lawfully stand
A A 
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Simply Mildred and Richard
E E 
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That's how they'll be remembered
B B 2
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They proved that love is truly blind
E E 
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They were the loving kind.

Interlude 1

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Verse 4
E E 
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The Lovings lived a quiet life
A A 
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In their Virginia home
and while the case worked it's
B B 2
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way through the courts
They brought three chil
E E 
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dren to this world
Richard died in seventy- five
A A 
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Mildred kept their love alive
B B 2
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'Till the spring of two thousand- eight
E E 
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Fifty years beyond the hate

Verse 5
A A 
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They changed the heart of a nation
E E 
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with their wedding vows
B B 2
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From the highest court in the land
E E 
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Their union would lawfully stand
A A 
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Simply Mildred and Richard
E E 
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That's how they'd be remembered
B B 2
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They proved that love is truly blind
E E 
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They were the loving kind