| G      | F  C   |
| G      | F  C   |


[Verse 1]
G       F    C        G          F
Sara Mae put lipstick on her face
C              G          F
Hoping that it might erase
C               G            F  G
All the shadows in that place
C                      F     C
 Shaky footsteps on an unlit path
C                            D            D
 Wondering if the road would lead her back


[Verse 2]
G          F  C            G        F
Billy Jones   sits at home all alone
C                 G        F
Listening for the telephone
       C           G         F  G
Like a dog waiting for a bone
C                    F   C
 Counting beads on a rosary
C                    D          D
 Like a man drifting out to sea, hey, hey, hey


[Pre-Chorus]
G   F            C             G
Hey, I know it’s been a rough start
F          C          G    F  C
 But baby, never lose heart
G                         F         C
 I can’t tell you what’s around the bend
G                        F              C
 But life will bring you to your knees again
Eb                           Bb
 But I can tell you how the story ends, hey, hey, hey


[Chorus]
G    C
Love wins, hey, hey
G     C
 Love wins, hey, hey
G     C
 Love wins
     C
Ooh, child, in the end


[Instrumental]
| G      | F  C   |
| G      | F  C   |


[Verse 3]
G       F      C           G          F  C
Sara Mae works down at the marketplace
G          F      C              G           F  G
Billy Jones stops in to buy some paper plates
C                   F       C
 Cash or credit she said to him
C                    D             D
 He saw her eyes and fell right in, hey, hey, hey


[Pre-Chorus]
G   F            C             G
Hey, I know it’s been a rough start
F          C          G    F  C
 But baby, never lose heart
G                         F         C
 I can’t tell you what’s around the bend
G                          F              C
 Baby, life gon' bring you to your knees again
Eb                           Bb
 But I can tell you how the story ends, hey, hey, hey


[Chorus]
G    C
Love wins, hey, hey
G     C
 Love wins, hey, hey
G     C
 Love wins
     C
Ooh, child


[Bridge]
N.C.
Sister hold your head up and brother take my hand
N.C.
We’re going walking through the promised land
N.C.
Hey-dee, hey-dee, hey-dee, high-dee, high-dee, high
N.C.           D               D
We gonna get a piece of the sky


[Chorus]
G    C
Love
G     C
 Love wins, hey, hey
G     C
 Love wins, hey, hey
G     C
 Love wins, hey, hey


[Outro]
G                        C
 You know that love wins, you know that
G                   C
 You know that love, you know that love
G                   C
 You know that love, you know that love wins
C            G
 Ooh, in the end