Act of Love

of St. John Marie Vianney

 = 80
B♭ C7 A Dm7 Gm A B♭ C7 F

                        
  
I love you, O my
6 Dm F Gm D

            
      
God and my sole de sire´s to love you un til the last breath of my life. I
9 Gm C7 D Gm
 3 3

                     
love you, O in fi nite ly lov a ble God and I pre fer to die
12 C A A7 Dm B♭ C B♭ Am C

                    
  
lov ing you than live one ins tant with out lov ing you. I
18 B♭ Am B♭ A 3

               

    
love you, O my God and I do not de sire a ny thing but hea ven so as to
22 D Gm B♭ C Csus4 F

            
       
have the joy of lov ing you per fect ly. I love you O my
27 Dm Gm D Gm D D7 Gm
3
   
               
 
God and I fear hell be cause there will not be the sweet con so
33 A C F D Gm

               

la tion of lov ing you. O my God, if my tongue can not say e very
40 C A Dm B♭ C

                
mo ment that I love you, I want my heart to say it in e very

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46 D E A F♯ B
   
               

beat. Al low me the grace to suf fer lov ing you, to

52 G♯ C♯ F♯ A D C♯
        
 
         
love you suf fer ing and one day to die lov ing you. And as I ap

58 D Bm C♯ D E F♯m
3

         
3
 3   
 
 
proach my end, I beg you to.in crease and per fect my love of you.

62 B D Bm C♯
 3 3
   
            
 
And as I ap proach my end, I beg you to,in crease and

65 D E A
  3
     
per fect my love of you.

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