Tell her I (G)love (D)her,
tell her I’ll (Em)al ways (A)be with (D)her, and I will (Bm)see her (F#m)in a (G)bet ter (D)place, where (Em)hope is al ways (A)new.
Ours was a (G)short (D)time.
Ours was a (Em)love that (A)nev er (D)bloomed, yet in that (Bm)love there (F#m)lives a (G)brand new (D)hope that’s (Em)call ing out to (Asus)you.
Its call is (Bm)soft and (Bm)gen tle, tame and (G)fine.
It’s (D)do cile and be (Em7)nign, a (A7)pick le in the (D)brine.
What did I (Bm)say?
That (Bm)is n’t what I (G)meant.
I’ve (D)lost my sense of (Em7)scent.
I (A7)fear my life is (D)spent.
No (Em)one is in no (D)cent.
Tell all the (G)peo (D)ple,
tell them the (Em)time is (A)al ways (D)now.
(D)Tell them to (Bm)fight for (F#m)what they (G)know is (D)right.
I’ve (Em)lost my sense of (A)sight, and yet I (G)see (D)them.
I see them (Em)stand ing (A)hand in (D)hand.
(D)I see them (Bm)stand ing (F#m)hand in (G)hand and (D)cheek to (Em7)cheek and (Em6)gland to (Bm)gland.
There (D)still is (Em7)hope, I (F#m7)see it, (G)in this (D)land.
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This page shows “Tell Her I Love Her” by Urinetown (Musical) 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 D at 90 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.