The Wandering Soul (Love Is The Answer)

Words & Music by John Denver





Intro:    C    Am    C   Am   G

C        Am                      G
In this magic hour of softening light
       C          Am                      G
The moments in between the day and the night
    F                              G
The instant when all shadows disappear
     F                                    G
The distance in between the love and the fear
           C            Am                   G
There's a longing deep within the wandering soul
            C               Am                    G
It's like the half that understands it once was whole
          F                             G
Like the two who only dream of being one
          F                               G
Like the moon who's only light is in the sun
           C           Am               G
There's a danger in forever looking outside
                C                   Am                  G
You start to believe that all your prayers have been denied
     F                                    G
And you'll forget the sound of your own name
  F                                G
Thus begins the suffering and the pain

            C                   Am
I wanted an answer, I wanted a way
          F                G              C
I wanna know just what to do and what to say
            Am                    C
I wanted a reason, I wanna know why
                    F                   G                  C
Can there never be heaven right here on earth and peace inside
   C       Am                F
Inside my heart, deep in my soul
             Am                G
Within each part, and in the whole

            C             Am              G
There's a promise in the journeys of the mind
                C                    Am                G
You begin to believe that there are miracles you will find
          F                                G
And that someday you'll remember who you are
     F                                 G
The seed within a bright and shining star
              C                 Am               G
It's like a flame that lives within a hungering heart
            C                 Am              G
That only awaits the gift of love for it to spark
        F                               G
Into a fire that burns forever, endlessly
          F                                  G
Like the river that can't help but meet the sea
        C                       Am           G
In this magic hour between the dark and the dawn
         C                Am              G
In the space between the silence and the song
 F                        G
Suddenly the mystery is clear
      F                          G
That love is only letting go of fear

            G                    Am
Love is the answer, love is the way
             F                   G              C
Love is in knowing just what to do and what to say
             Am                       C
Love is the reason, and love is the why
                F                   G                  C
And love is in heaven right here on Earth and peace inside
   C         Am                  F
Inside your heart, deep in your soul
            Am                 G
Within each part, and in the whole
            C                     Am
Love is the answer,  love is the way

             F                   G              C
Love is in knowing just what to do and what to say
             Am                   C
Love is the reason, love is the why
                F                   G                  C
And love is in heaven right here on Earth and peace inside.

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