When Love Begins To Fade chords by The Marshall Tucker Band

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Verse 1
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 (D major) It can be like the  (G major) brightest color
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and  (D major) the color will when  (A major) it  (D major) starts
And every day's a beautiful day,
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 (G major) and you're sure you've got it,  (A major) 
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babe.  (G major)  (F sharp minor) 
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 (E minor) Then it  (D major) goes on a rampage
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like a storm,  (G major) 
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breaking up  (D major) homes and breaking hearts.  (G major) 
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It's an  (D major) ugly shade of gray
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when  (A major) love begins to fade  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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It can be like the  (G major) sweetest
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cup of wine in  (D major) the world
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It  (A major) tastes so  (D major) good
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And every drink's a sweet surprise,  (G major) 
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you can't believe she  (A major) stayed  (G major)  (F sharp minor) 
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But  (E minor) be (D major) ware of a cloudy
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morning af (G major) ter,
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when the  (D major) sun don't shine like it  (G major) should
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It's a  (D major) hard and heavy headache
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when  (A major) love begins to  (D major) fade.  (A major)  (D major) 
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How much  (A major) longer, how much  (G major) longer,
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 (D major) how much  (A major) stronger,
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how much  (G major) stronger must it  (D major) take
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to work it  (A major) out?  (G major)  (F sharp minor) 
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 (E minor) It  can  (D major) be like a  (G major) farmer on his tractor,
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he's  (D major) working hard,
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 (A major) he's doing his  (D major) best,
he's been in the fields
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but he don't know  (G major) his wife
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just passed away.  (A major)  (G major)  (F sharp minor) 
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 (E minor) Well, they'll  (D major) take her out on a matchy love
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 (G major) And lay her  (D major) in her final place to  (G major) pray
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It's a  (D major) cold and lonely harvest
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When  (A major) love begins to  (D major) fade  (A major)  (D major) 
It's a hard and heavy hitter,
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when  (A major) love begins to  (D major) fade  (A major)  (D major) 
It's an ugly shade of gray,
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 (A major) when love begins to fade  (G major)  (D major) you