(C)Late ly, love
keeps keep ing me (C7)’wake at night.
Toss how in’ and turn ing, my love,
wan na kiss, wan na (Abmaj7)hold you so tight.
Ooh, but I (C)won der, love,
wheth make er you know or not.
When you just hur ry a way, get
leav in’ me lay in’ (Abmaj7)ver y shocked.
I just wan na (Am7)be
the (Dm)one that you wan na (Am7)see.
I just wan na (Am7)have you near me,
but you fly a way al most ev ’ry day.
You (Fm7)work a lot, but you (Gm7)nev er stop to (C)love.
(Stop!)
I (C)love you.
Stop!
(Stop!)
Come (Cm7)home from the (Ab)road.
(Got ta (Fm7)stop to love.)
And let’s cel e (C)brate, (Cel e brate!)
the (C)love we got.
(Stop!)
Say (C)you’re com in’ (Ab)home.
(Got ta (Fm7)stop to love.)
Yeah,
you (C)say my love
has al ways been (C7)on your mind.
But how can I ev er love you,
when you keep work ing (Abmaj7)o ver time?
tight.
Too man y (C)emp ty nights
could make al most an y guy
to look for the love he don’t get
when ev er he’s a (Abmaj7)lone at home.
A wait in’ the (Am7)day
that (Dm)you will come and a (Am7)stay,
I hate to see (Am7)you go a way,
but you could n’t rest, had to be the best
to (Fm7)reach the top, but you (Gm7)did not stop to (C)love.
(Stop!)
I (C)love you.
Stop!
(Stop!)
Come (Cm7)home from the (Ab)road.
(Got ta (Fm7)stop to love.)
And let’s cel e (C)brate, (Cel e brate!)
the (C)love we got.
(Stop!)
Say (C)you’re com in’ (Ab)home.
(Got ta (Fm7)stop to love.)
Yeah,
you (C)say to love.)
And (Gm11)one day you’ll dis cov er I’m the one who loves (Got ya.
stop to love.)
And (Gm7)no one does you bet ter, can’t you stay for ev er?
(Stop to love.)
And (Eb)I can hard ly stand the lone li ness.
Come on, stay, (Fm7)(yeah) ’cause that’s what it’s (Abmaj7)all a bout.
You real ly turn me out.
(Stop!)
I love you.
Stop!
(Stop!)
Come home from the (Ab)road.
(Got ta stop to love.)
And let’s cel e (C)brate, (Cel e brate!)
the love we got.
(Stop!)
Say you’re com in’ (Ab)home.
(Got ta (Fm7)stop to love.)
I love you.
Stop!
(Stop!)
I love you.
Stop!
(Stop!)
Come home from the (Ab)road.
(Got ta stop to love.)
And let’s cel e (C)brate, (Cel e brate!)
the love we got.
(Stop!)
Say you’re com in’ (Ab)home.
(Got ta (Fm7)stop to love.)
I love you.
Stop!
I love you.
Stop!
Say you’re (CN.C.)com in’ home.
This page shows “Stop To Love” by Luther Vandross in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 100 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.