I Could Write A Book

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I COULD WRITE A BOOK
Music by: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by: Lorenz Hart
From PAL JOEY (1940) stage play
and PAL JOEY film (1957)
Performed by: Frank Sinatra
PAL JOEY film soundtrack: https://youtu.be/XGuaoiI1bSc
Key of C
[Verse 1]
C G7 C
If they asked me, I could write a book
G7 C G7
About the way you walk, and whisper and look
F G7 C G7 C G
I could write a preface on how we met
C G Am7 G
So the world would never forget
[Verse 2]
C G7 C
And the simple secret of the plot
G7 C G7
Is just to tell them that I love you, a lot
F G7 C G7 Cm7 C7 F
Then the world discovers, as my book ends
Dm C G7 C F C
How to make two lovers of friends.
[Bridge]
C G7 C
G7 C G7
About the way you walk, and whisper and look
[Interlude]
F G7 C G7 C G
C G Am7 G
[Verse 3]
C G7 C
And the simple secret of the plot
G7 C G7
Is just to tell them that I love you, a lot
F G7 C G7 Cm7 C7 F
Then the world discovers, as my book ends
[Outro]
Dm C G7 C F C
How to make two lovers of friends.

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I COULD WRITE A BOOK
Music by: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by: Lorenz Hart
From PAL JOEY (1940) stage play
and PAL JOEY film (1957)
Performed by: Frank Sinatra
PAL JOEY film soundtrack:  https://youtu.be/XGuaoiI1bSc
Key of C
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Bridge]
C   G7   C
[Interlude]
F    G7   C    G7   C    G
C    G    Am7  G
[Verse 3]
[Outro]

I Could Write A Book Chords by Frank Sinatra

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I Could Write A Book Chords · Frank Sinatra