Wedding Song (There is Love)
Noel Paul Stookey, 1972· Songs Well-Known in America · p.357
D A G
He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts
D A
Rest assured this troubadour is acting on His part
D A G D
The union of your spirits here has caused Him to remain
D A
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
G D E7 G D
there is love, there is love
D A G D
Well, a man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home
D A
They will travel on to where the two shall be as one
D A G D
As it was in the beginning, is now until the end
D A
Woman draws her life from man and gives it back again
G D E7 G D
And there’s love, oh, there's love
G D
Well then what’s to be the reason for becoming man and wife
G D
Is it love that brings you here or love that brings you life
D A G D
For if loving is the answer, then who's the giving for?
D A
Do you believe in something that you've never seen before?
G D G E7 D
There is love, oh, there is love
(Hum first two lines of Verse 3 using D A G D D A G D
D A G D
Oh the marriage of your spirits here has caused Him to remain
D A
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
G D G E7 D D G E7 D
There is love, there is love
*Written for the occasion of Peter Yarrow’s wedding