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by Leon Russell

Russell wrote this song for the singer Rita Coolidge, whom he was dating at the time. They met in the late ’60s when Russell was one of the top session piano players and Coolidge was getting started as a singer. Russell wrote a song called Delta Lady about her that Joe Cocker recorded in 1969. She was again his muse on A Song For You, which finds him singing about their deep connection when they are alone. It’s a very intimate love song that hits hard with a line in the last verse: “I love you in a place where there’s no space or time.” Coolidge called it “The most beautiful song ever written.”


[Verse 1]
[Am] I've been so many places in my [E7] life and time, [C] I've sung a lot of songs, I've made some [Am] bad rhyme,
I've [F] acted out my love in [Em] stages, with [Dm] ten thousand people [Em] watching, [Dm] but we're alone [Em] now, and I'm [F] singing this song to you. [C] 
 
[Verse 2]
[Am] I know your image of me is [E7] what I hope to be,
[C] I treated you unkindly, but [D] darlin' can't you see,
There's [F] no one more important [Em] to me, [Dm] darlin' can't you please see [Em] through me,
[Dm] Cus we're alone [Em] now and I'm singing [F] this song to you. [C] 
 
[Verse 3]
You [Am] taught me precious [E7] secrets of the [C] truth withholding [D] nothing,
[F] You came out in front and I was [G] hiding, [C] 
But [Am] now I'm so much [E] better, and if my [C] words don't come to-[D]-gether,
[F] Listen to the [Em] melody, cause my [Dm] love's in there [G] hiding.
 
[Verse 4]
[Am] I love you in a place where there's no [E] space and time,
[C] I love you for my life, you are a [D] friend of mine,
[F] And when my life is [Em] over, re-[Dm]-member when we were to-[Em]-gether,
[Dm] We were alone [Em] and I was singing [F] this song to you. [C] 

[Dm] We were alone [Em] and I was singing [F] this song to you. [C] 
[Dm] We were alone [Em] and I was singing [F] this song to you. [C] [G?]