Make Love Stay
Dan Fogelberg

Dan Fogelberg
Greatest Hits
1982

Make Love Stay is a very cool song with a great Fmaj7 chord thrown
in for fun.  I hope you enjoy the song.  Don't forget the drop-D.
And one more note: I finished my last final today so I am free!!!

Lyrics
Chords

Drop D Tuning: DADGBE (low to high)

INTRO:

             D             Fmaj7                     D             Dsus4 G   D   A
   +         +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +         +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:---------|---------2-2---0-|-------0-------------|---------2-2---3-|---7---5---5---------|
B:---------|---------3-3---1-|-----1---1-----------|---------3-3---3-|---8---7---5---------|
G:---------|---------2-2---2-|-----------2---------|---------2-2---2-|---7---7---6---------|
D:---------|-0-----0-------3-|---3---------3---2h3-|-----0---------0-|---0---0---------0---|
A:-----0h2-|-----------------|---------------------|---0---0---------|-----------0-0h2-----|
D:---------|---0-0-----------|---------------------|-0---------------|---------------------|


   D             C     G/B Am  G                                   A
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:---------2-2---0-|---3---0---3-----|-------------0---|-----------------|
B:---------3-3---1-|---3---1---0-----|-------3-------3-|-------3-----2---|
G:-----2---2-2---0-|---0---2---0-----|-----0-----------|-----0-------2---|
D:-------0---------|-----------------|---0-------0-----|---0-------------|
A:---------------3-|---2---0-------0-|-----------------|-----------0---0-|
D:-0-0-------------|-----------5-----|-5---------------|-5---------------|

This is the verse:

         now that we love                  now that the lonely nights are
   D                 G                 D             Dsus4 G   D   A
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:---------2-------|-3-----3---------|---------------3-|---7---5-----5---|
B:-----3-----3-----|---0-------3-----|---------3-----3-|---8---7-----5---|
G:-------2-----2---|-----0-------0---|-----------2---2-|---7---7-----6---|
D:---------------0-|---------------0-|-----0-------0-0-|---0---0---------|
A:---0-------------|-----------------|---0-------------|-----------0-----|
D:-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|


   over    how do we make    love      stay
   D                 G       A         D                 G       A
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-------------2---|-------------0---|-----------0-2-3-|------------0----|
B:---------3-----3-|-----------------|---------3-------|-----3---2-------|
G:-------2---2-----|-----7-----------|-----------------|-------0-2-------|
D:-----0-----------|---5-------7-----|-----0-----------|-----------------|
A:---0-------------|-----------------|---0-------------|---------0-------|
D:-0---------------|-5-------7-------|-0---------------|-----------------|


         now that we know                the fire can burn bright or merely
   D                 G                 D             Dsus4 G   D   A
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:---------2-------|-3-----3---------|---------------3-|---7---5-----5---|
B:-----3-----3-----|---0-------3-----|---------3-----3-|---8---7-----5---|
G:-------2-----2---|-----0-------0---|-----------2---2-|---7---7-----6---|
D:---------------0-|---------------0-|-----0-------0-0-|---0---0---------|
A:---0-------------|-----------------|---0-------------|-----------0-----|
D:-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|


   smolder  how do we keep it from dying away
   Bm                G       A         D             Fmaj7
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----2-----------|-------------0---|---------2-2---0-|-------0-------------|
B:---------3-------|-----------------|---------3-3---1-|-----1---1-----------|
G:---4-------4-----|-----7-----------|---------2-2---2-|-----------2---------|
D:-------4-----4---|---5-------7-----|-----0---0-0---3-|---3---------3---2h3-|
A:-2---------------|-----------------|---0-------------|---------------------|
D:-----------------|-5-------7-------|-0---------------|---------------------|


play only after 1st verse
   D             Fmaj7
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:---------2-2---0-|-------0-------------|
B:---------3-3---1-|-----1---1-----------|
G:---------2-2---2-|-----------2---------|
D:-----0---0-0---3-|---3---------3---2h3-|
A:---0-------------|---------------------|
D:-0---------------|---------------------|

The ending goes like this (continued from 1st half of intro):

                 ritard
   D             C     G/B Am  G        D
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:---------2-2---0-|---3---0---3-----|-^2---------------|-----------------|
B:---------3-3---1-|---3---1---0---0-|-^3---------------|-----------------|
G:-----2---2-2---0-|---0---2---0-0---|-^2---------------|-----------------|
D:-------0---------|-----------------|-^0---------------|-----------------|
A:---------------3-|---2---0---------|-^0---------------|-----------------|
D:-0-0-------------|-----------5-----|-^0---------------|-----------------|


LYRICS:

play intro

Now that we love
Now that the lonely nights are over
How do we make love stay
Now that we know
The fire can burn bright or merely smolder
How do we keep it from dying away


Elusive as dreams
Barely remembered in the morning
Love like a phantom flies
But held in the heart
It pales like the empty smile adorning
A statue with sightless eyes

BRIDGE
G                      Bm               D   Dsus2 D
   Moments fleet taste sweet within the rapture
     Bm                E           A7sus4 A7
When precious flesh is greedily consumed
    G           Bm              D         Dsus2 D
But mystery's a thing not easily captured
    G                 C        A7sus4 A7
And once deceased not easily exhumed

play second half of verse

Now that we love
Now that the lonely nights are over
How do we make love stay

SAX SOLO

play intro tab

play second half of verse

BRIDGE
Moments fleet taste so sweet within the rapture
When precious flesh is greedily consumed
But mystery's a thing not easily captured
And once deceased not easily exhumed


Now that we loved
Look at the moonless night and tell me
How do we make love stay

play ending


CHORDS (drop-D tuning):

D	000232
G	5x0003
Fmaj7	xx3210

To learn why these chords are named this way, or to learn more
about chords in drop-D, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.