I Call It Love — Mel McDaniel
Chords and lyrics for I Call It Love by Mel McDaniel (key of G).
Intro
[G] [Bm] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
Verse 1
[G]Two young kids, a [Bm]night in May
A [C]country road and a Chevrolet,
[G]Beneath [D] the summer [G]moon[D]
[G]Almost a woman, [Bm]almost a man
[C]Things like this get out of hand
[G]Seventeen, [D] and that's too [G]soon
Chorus
You can [D/F#]call it [Em]youth
And [C]blame it on the [G]night
You can [D/F#]call it [Em]life
And [C]say that it's not [G]right
You can call it [Bm]foolish
Blame it [C]on the [D]stars [G]above
Call it [D/F#]what you [Em]want
[D] I call it [C]love
Verse 2
[G]Blood runs high, and [Bm]wrong or right
They [C]lose their heads, run off one night
And what's [G]done [D] can't be [G]undone[D]
[G]Thinkin' life's an [Bm]easy thing
A [C]borrowed dress and a wedding ring
[G]Eighteen, [D] and that's too [G]young
Chorus
You can [D/F#]call it [Em]youth
And [C]blame it on the [G]night
You can [D/F#]call it [Em]life
And [C]say that it's not [G]right
You can call it [Bm]foolish
Blame it [C]on the [D]stars [G]above
Call it [D/F#]what you [Em]want
[D] I call it [C]love
Interlude
[G] [Bm] [C]
[G] [D]
Verse 3
[G]Time goes on and [Bm]in a while
It's a [C]rented room and a month old child
And they're [G]down [D] to just gettin' [G]by[D]
It's [G]hard to last when [Bm]life's that way
[C]People shake their heads and say
They won't [G]make it[D] Oh, but they [G]might
Chorus
You can [D/F#]call it [Em]youth
And [C]blame it on the [G]night
You can [D/F#]call it [Em]life
And [C]say that it's not [G]right
You can call it [Bm]foolish
Blame it [C]on the [D]stars [G]above
Call it [D/F#]what you [Em]want
[D] I call it [C]love
Outro
I call it love[G]
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