How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) James Taylor (Holland, Dozier, Holland) 1964 How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G G7] How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G C7] I needed the shelter of someone's arms and there you were [G Em D C7] I needed someone to understand my ups and downs and there you were [G Em D C7] With sweet love and devotion deeply touching my emotion [G C7 G C7] I want to stop and thank you baby [G C7] I just want to stop and thank you baby [G] How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G G7] How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G C7] I close my eyes at night, wondering where would I be without you in my life [G Em D C7] Everything I did was just a bore, everywhere I went it seems I'd been there before [G Em D C7] But you brightened up for me all of my days With a love so sweet in so many ways [G C7 G C7] I want to stop and thank you baby [G C7] I want to stop and thank you baby [G] How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G G7] How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G C7] You were better for me than I was for myself [G C7] For me, there's you and there ain't nobody else [G C7] I want to stop and thank you baby [G C7] I just want to stop and thank you baby [G] How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G G7] How sweet it is to be loved by you [C Am D7 G C7]