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[Verse]
DLet me be paDmaj7tient let me be kinEmd
Make me unselfiAsh without being bliDnd
ThDough I may suDmaj7ffer I'll envy it noEmt
And endure what comAes
Cause he's all that I got and
CHORUS:
TeDll him...
Tell him I neDmaj7ed him (yeah)
Tell him I loEmve him (tell him)
And it'll be alrAight
DTell him tell him I neDmaj7ed him
Tell him I loEmve him
It'll be alrAight
[Verse]
DNow I may have Dmaj7faith to make mountains fEmall
But if I lack loAve then I am nothin' at aDll
I can give awDmaj7ay everything I posEmsess
But left without lAove then I have no happinDess
I know I'm imperfect Dmaj7(I know I'm imperfect)
And not without sin Em(and not without sin)
But now that I'm oldAer all childish things enDd
[Chorus]
And tell him...
Tell him I need Dmaj7him (yeah)
Tell him I love hEmim (tell him)
And it'll be alriAght
DTell him tell him I neDmaj7ed him
Tell him I loEmve him
It'll be alrAight
[Bridge]
GI'll never be jealous
F#7And I won't be too proud
E7Cause love is not boastful
E7Oooh and love is not loud
GTell him I need him
F#7Tell him I love him
E7Everything's gonna be alright
Oooh oooh yeah yeah aww yeah
[Verse]
DNow I may have wiDmaj7sdom and knowledge on EaEmrth
But if I speak wroAng then what is it woDrth?
See what we Dmaj7now know is nothing coEmmpared
To the love that was shAown when our lives were spDared
And tell him...
[Chorus]
Tell him I need Dmaj7him (yeah)
Tell him I love hEmim (tell him)
And it'll be alriAght
DTell him tell him I neDmaj7ed him
Tell him I loEmve him
It'll be alrAight

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Tell Him

by Lauryn Hill

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dmaj7

F#7

[Verse]

D Dmaj7 Em

Let me be patient let me be kind

A D

Make me unselfish without being blind

D Dmaj7 Em

Though I may suffer I'll envy it not

And endure what comes

Cause he's all that I got and

CHORUS:

Tell him...

Dmaj7

Tell him I need him (yeah)

Tell him I love him (tell him)

And it'll be alright

D Dmaj7

Tell him tell him I need him

Tell him I love him

It'll be alright

[Verse]

D Dmaj7 Em

Now I may have faith to make mountains fall

A D

But if I lack love then I am nothin' at all

Dmaj7 Em

I can give away everything I possess

A D

But left without love then I have no happiness

Dmaj7

I know I'm imperfect (I know I'm imperfect)

And not without sin (and not without sin)

A D

But now that I'm older all childish things end

[Chorus]

And tell him...

Dmaj7

Tell him I need him (yeah)

Tell him I love him (tell him)

And it'll be alright

D Dmaj7

Tell him tell him I need him

Tell him I love him

It'll be alright

[Bridge]

I'll never be jealous

F#7

And I won't be too proud

Cause love is not boastful

Oooh and love is not loud

Tell him I need him

F#7

Tell him I love him

Everything's gonna be alright

Oooh oooh yeah yeah aww yeah

[Verse]

D Dmaj7 Em

Now I may have wisdom and knowledge on Earth

A D

But if I speak wrong then what is it worth?

Dmaj7 Em

See what we now know is nothing compared

A D

To the love that was shown when our lives were spared

And tell him...

[Chorus]

Dmaj7

Tell him I need him (yeah)

Tell him I love him (tell him)

And it'll be alright

D Dmaj7

Tell him tell him I need him

Tell him I love him

It'll be alright

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