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If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You)
[Intro}
D E A D E A C E7
[Verse]
If I oAnly had the A/C#words to Dtell youA/C#  
If you Bm7only had the time to underG7standE7  
Though I Aknow it wouldn’t A/C#change your DfeelingsA/C#  
And I Bm7know you’ll carry E7on the best you AcanC  E7  
[Verse]
If I Aonly had the A/C#urge to Dtell youA/C#  
If you Bm7only knew how hard it is to G7sayE7  
When the Asimple lines have A/C#all been DtakenA/C#  
And the A/C#radio reBm7peats them every E7dayA  G7  
[Verse]
If I Cnever find the C/Esong to Fsing youC/E  
If you Dm7always find it hard to compreBb7hendG7  
Well you Cknow there wouldn’t C/Ebe much FmeaningC/E  
If I Dm7had to sing those G7tired words aCgain
[Bridge]
E7Life.E7/F#.. goes E7on and Amon
And toGnight.C.. will Gsoon be CgoneCmaj7  
But if we Fmaj7tryEm7  
We can be Dm7sureGsus4  G  Gsus2  G  
[Verse]
If I Conly had the C/Ewords to Ftell youC/E  
If you Dm7only had the time to underBb7standG7  
But I Conly have these C/Earms to Fhold youC/E  
And it’s Dm7all that you can G7ask of any CmanF  G  
[Coda]
CLaa Flaa la la Bbla Dmlaa la la Gla
[Verse]
If I Conly had the C/Ewords to Ftell youC/E  
If you Dm7only had the time to underBb7standG7  
Oh but I Conly have these C/Earms to Fhold youC/E  
And it’s Dm7all that you can G7ask of any CmanC7  
[Outro]
F G C F G C
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