Key: :[F#] (w: Buzz Cason, Mac Gayden) (Robert Knight, 1967)

INTRO: [F#] [C#] [B] ^[G#m] [C#] [F#] : [x2]

VERSE 1:
[B] Hearts gone a-[E]-stray, keeping her when they [B] go
I went a-[E]-way, just when you needed me [B] so
You won't re-[E]-gret, I'll come back begging [B] you
Don't you for-[E]-get, will come love we once [G#] knew [C#]

CHORUS 1:
[F#] Open up your [C#] eyes, then you rea-[B]-lise
Here I stand with [G#m] my, ever-[C#]-lasting [F#] love
Need you by my [C#] side, love will be my [B] pride
You'll never be de-[G#m]-nied, ever-[C#]-lasting [F#] love
Love will never [C#] starve, open up your [B] heart
Feel the love you've [G#m] got, ever-[C#]-lasting [F#] love
This love will [C#] last forever [D]; This love will [F#] last forever

INSTRUMENTAL: [B] [E] [B] // [B] [E] [G#] // [C#]

CHORUS 2:
[F#] When life really [C#] flows, no one really [B] knows
The sun will have to [G#m] show them, ever-[C#]-lasting [F#] love
Like the sun it [C#] shines, endlessly it [B] shines
You always will be [G#m] mine, e-[C#]-ternal [F#] love
Whatever love went [C#] wrong, ours will still be [B] strong
We'll have our [G#m] own, ever-[C#]-lasting [F#] love
This love will [C#] last forever [D]; This love will [F#] last forever

CHORUS 1:
[F#] Open up your [C#] eyes, then you rea-[B]-lise
Here I stand with [G#m] my, ever-[C#]-lasting [F#] love
Need you by my [C#] side, love will be my [B] pride
You'll never be de-[G#m]-nied, ever-[C#]-lasting [F#] love
Love will never [C#] starve, open up your [B] heart
Feel the love you've [G#m] got, ever-[C#]-lasting [F#] love
This love will [C#] last forever [D]; This love will [F#] last forever [F# open]