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And in my twist ed face
there’s not the slight est trace
of an y thing that e ven (F)hints of (Fmaj7)kind (G)ness.
And from my tor tured shape,
no com fort, no es cape.
I see, but deep with in is (Fm)ut ter (Gsus)blind (G7)ness.
(Em)Hope (Bb)less,
(C)as my (F)dream dies.
As the (F6/9)time flies,
(C)love a (Dm)lost (Em)il (F)lu (G)sion.
(Em)Help (Bb)less,
(C)un for (F)giv en.
Cold and (F6/9)driv en
to this (Dm)sad (Em)con (F)clu (G)sion.
(Dm7)No beau ty could (C)move
(Fmaj7)me,
(F)no
good ness im (G)prove
(C)me.
(Am)No
(Dm7)pow er on (F)Earth,
if I can’t (Fmaj7)love
(G)her.
(Dm7)No
pas sion could (C)reach
(Fmaj7)me,
(F)no
les son could (G)teach
(C)me
(Dm7)how
I could have (F)loved her and make her (Am)love
(Em)me
(Bb)too.
If I (F)can’t
have
(Fm)her,
(G7)then
(Am)who?
Long a go, (Dm)I (G)should (Em)have (Am)seen
all the things (Dm)I (G)could (Em)have (Am)been.
(Bb)Care (F)less (Bb)and (C)un (Gm7)think ing I moved (Asus)on ward!
(Dm7)No pain could be (C)deep (Fmaj7)er.
(F)No life could be (G)cheap (C)er.
(Dm7)No point an y (F)more, her if I can’t (Fmaj7)love
(G)her.
(Dm7)No spir rit could (C)win (Fmaj7)me.
(F)No hope left with (G)in (C)me, (Dm7)hope I could have (F)loved her and that she’d (Fmaj7)love
(G)her.
(Am)set (Em)me (Bb)free.
But it’s (F)not to (Fm6)be.
If I (C)can’t love (G7sus)her,
(Dm)let (Em)the (F)world (Em)be (F)done with (C)me.
This page shows “If I Can't Love Her” by Alan Menken 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 slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.