Lyr Req: Perhaps Love (John Denver)

Subject: Perhaps love,John Denver
From: GUEST,Skarpi Iceland.
Date: 20 Mar 01 - 07:48 AM

Halló all, is there anyone that have the song and the lyric of this song " Perhaps Love " With John Denver and Placi... somthing , sorry about that. Hope so, Skarpi Iceland.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Perhaps love,John Denver
From: DonMeixner
Date: 20 Mar 01 - 07:56 AM

Skarpi,

http://fzucca.interfree.it/songs/gestsong.html

This is the best John Denver web site I have found, there are very dependable chords and lyrics to everything he did it seems.

Regards

Don

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Perhaps love,John Denver
From: Jim Krause
Date: 20 Mar 01 - 04:45 PM

I used to really like John Denver, 'way back in the early '70s. But then he sorta hmmm, I dunno, went nuts, or got flaky, or something. Anyway, the late '70s and early '80s didn't seem like the same level of excellence as his earlier stuff.

When I heard about his death, I was surprised. I hadn't heard much from him in fifteen years, or more. So I'm watching TV one night, and they're interviewing Annie. And they ask her what her favorite JD song was. After thinking a bit, she says "Perhaps Love."

I found the site, and looked up the lyric. Nice lyric. Perhpas I might like the song.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Perhaps love,John Denver
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 20 Mar 01 - 06:49 PM

Halló Skarpi, The lyrics and chords linked to by Don appear to be correct...except (according to my sheetmusic)...in the first verse where it has an Em7 chord for storm and warm, the sheetmusic has an Em chord. (corresponding points in other verses)

Placido Domingo is the good-looking Spaniard of The Three Tenors. His voice is not as bright as Pavarotti's, but is more mellow and darker. He recorded this song along with John Denver, and IMO his voice was vastly superior to John's, but I guess John's name sold the song.

All the best,
Mary

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Perhaps love,John Denver
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 11:20 AM

That link that Don Meixner posted above (over a year ago) now brings up a blank page for me. Which goes to show that, if you think a song is appropriate for Mudcat, it's better to copy and paste the lyrics rather than post a link to another site. Other sites come and go, but Mudcat goes on and on... so far.

On the other hand, maybe Don didn't think "Perhaps Love" was appropriate for Mudcat. I can't tell, since I don't know the song. If anyone out there likes it, and thinks it deserves to be included in a database of "folk music," please post it here for posterity.

Subject: Lyr Add: PERHAPS LOVE (John Denver)
From: Sorcha
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 11:33 AM

PERHAPS LOVE
by John Denver

Perhaps love is like a resting place,
a shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort,
it is there to keep you warm.
And in those times of trouble
when you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home.

Perhaps love is like a window,
perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer,
it wants to show you more.
And even if you lose yourself
and don't know what to do
The memory of love will see you through.

Love to some is like a cloud,
to some as strong as steel
For some a way of living,
for some a way to feel.
And some say love is holding on
and some say letting go
And some say love is everything,
and some say they don't know.

Perhaps love is like the ocean,
full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it's cold outside,
thunder when it rains.
If I should live forever,
and all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Perhaps love,John Denver
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 12:09 PM

Thanks to Sorcha, who posted it, and to Mary of Kentucky, who drew my attention to it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Perhaps love,John Denver
From: RichM
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 12:25 PM

This song has poignant memories for me.

A couple of years ago, my sometime singing partner brought this to our rehearsal, indicating it would be a good duet for us. I was unsure--I've always been a folkie/bluegrasser! At Dennis's urging we tried it, and it sounded great!
I was so looking forward to doing it again in performance this summer, but Dennis died suddenly several weeks ago.
I'll always remember his good cheer, and optimism when I hear this song.

Rich

Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: PERHAPS LOVE (John Denver)
From: GUEST,Don Meixner
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 01:26 PM

Here you are, looking at the time of day a year ago when I posted this I was probably thinking of going to work and trying to be efficient. I hope I am now out of the year old dog house.

And when I hit that address from my favorite places list it pops up just fine.

Don

PERHAPS LOVE
Words and Music by John Denver
from Season Of The Heart (1982)

 A  F#m  D  E  A  F#m  D  E7 

	 A              F#m
 Perhaps love is like a resting place
     Bm               E7
 A shelter from the storm
      A                 F#m
 It exists to give you comfort
 	Bm               E7
 It is there to keep you warm
     C#m                 F#m
 And in those times of trouble
       D             E
 When you are most alone
      Bm7       E7                  A   E7
 The memory of love will bring you home 

	 A              F#m
 Perhaps love is like a window
     Bm           E7
 Perhaps an open door
       A                  F#m
 It invites you to come closer
     Bm                E7
 It wants to show you more
     C#m          F#m
 And even if you lose yourself
      D                  E
 and don't know what to do
      Bm7       E7                  A
 The memory of love will see you thru 

   C#m             F#m
 O love to some is like a cloud
     D         E        A
 To some as strong as steel
      C#m           F#m
 For some a way of living
      D      E      A
 For some a way to feel
      C#m              F#m
 And some say love is holding on
      D        E       A
 And some say letting go
      C#m             F#m
 And some say love is everything
  Bm                   E7
 Some say they don't know 

	 A               F#m
 Perhaps love is like the ocean
 	 Bm               E7
 Full of conflict full of pain
 	A              F#m
 Like a fire when it's cold outside
     Bm             E7
 A thunder when it rains
    C#m              F#m
 If I should live forever
     D                    E
 And all my dreams come true
     Bm7         E7              A   E7
 My memories of love will be of you 

 C#m   F#m    D   E   A
  C#m   F#m    D   E   A
      C#m              F#m
 And some say love is holding on
      D        E       A
 And some say letting go
      C#m             F#m
 And some say love is everything
  Bm                   E7
 Some say they don't know 

	 A               F#m
 Perhaps love is like the ocean
 	 Bm               E7
 Full of conflict full of pain
 	A              F#m
 Like a fire when it's cold outside
     Bm             E7
 A thunder when it rains
    C#m              F#m
 If I should live forever
     D                    E
 And all my dreams come true
     Bm7         E7              A   E7
 My memories of love will be of you

HTML line breaks and preformat commands added. --JoeClone, 14-Jun-02.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Perhaps love,John Denver
From: GUEST,Don Meixner
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 01:28 PM

Oh no! How inefficient! I keep forgetting you can't just send words and chords with out some kind of whoop jumpage. I try and straighten this jumble out.

Don

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Perhaps love,John Denver
From: GUEST,DonMeixner
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 01:43 PM

Lets see if this works any better

Perhaps Love Words and Music by John Denver from Season Of The Heart (1982)

A F#m D E A F#m D E7

Perhaps l(A)ove is like (F#m) a resting place A she(Bm)lter from the(E7) storm

It ex(A)ists to give you(F#m) comfort It is the(Bm)re to keep(E7) you warm And i(C#m)n those times o(F#m)f trouble When y(D)ou are most (E) alone The me(Bm7)mory o(E7)f love will bring y(A)ou ho(E7)me

Perhaps love is like a window Perhaps an open door It invites you to come closer

It wants to show you more

And even if you lose yourself

and don't know what to do

The memory of love will see you thru

O lo(C#m)ve to some is li(F#m)ke a cloud To so(D)me as stro(E)ng as ste(A)el For so(C#m)me a way of liv(F#m)ing For so(D)me a w(E)ay to fe(A)el And so(C#m)me say love is hold(F#m)ing on And so(D)me say let(E)ting g(A)o And so(C#m)me say love is ev(F#m)erything So(Bm)me say they don't kn(E7)ow

Perhaps love is like the ocean

Full of conflict full of pain

Like a fire when it's cold outside

A thunder when it rains

If I should live forever And all my dreams come true

My memories of love will be of you

C#m F#m D E A

C#m F#m D E A

And some say love is holding on And some say letting go And some say love is everything

Some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the ocean

Full of conflict full of pain

Like a fire when it's cold outside A thunder when it rains

If I should live forever

And all my dreams come true

My memories of love will be of you

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Perhaps love,John Denver
From: Jeanie
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 02:34 PM

By some very weird coincidence, guess what I suddenly had the urge to listen to this afternoon, for the first time in over a year ? John Denver Rocky Mountain Collection double CD - and, by some strange, psychic Twilight Zone phenomenon, of all the songs on it, which one did I play twice over ? "Perhaps Love". This is the version with Placido Domingo singing with him - which I think spoils the song ! I have heard another version, with just John Denver singing which I think must come from the original "Seasons of the Heart" album.

Thanks so much for these lyrics and chords. I think it is a beautiful song. There are some other lovely ones on that CD: "Shanghai Breezes", "Love Again", "Like A Sad Song", "I Want to Live", "Autograph". Going to look at that lyrics website now.

Many thanks from Mystic Psychic Jeanie !(I only wish I could pick the winning Lottery numbers as efficiently)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Perhaps love,John Denver
From: GUEST,DonMeixner
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 03:11 PM

Jeanie

I'll have to put this on the calendar for my wife and kids to see. This is the day Dad did something right.

If you can find a copy of the video concert Denver gave for The World Wildlife Fund, watch it. Besides being a load of good music you'll see that Denver was a wizard ay stage craft and a fine musician as well. He is surrounded by some great musicians as well.

Don