If I (A)on ly had the words

(A)to tell you,

if you (Bm7)on ly had the time to (Bm7)un der stand.

Though I (A)know it would n’t (A)change

your (D)feel ings,

and I (Bm7)know you’ll car ry on the best you can.

If I (A)on ly had the urge

(A)to tell you,

if you (Bm7)on ly knew how hard it is to say.

When the (A)sim ple lines have (A)all

been (D)tak en

and the (Bm7)ra di o re peats them ev ’ry day,

if I (C)nev er find the (C)song

(C)to sing you,

if you al ways had find it hard to com un pre hend,

well, you (C)know ly there would n’t be

much (Fmaj7)mean ing,

if I (F)all had to that sing you can those ask tired of words an y man.

a (C)gain.

(E7)Life

goes (E7)on and on,

and to night

will (G)soon be gone.

But if we (Fmaj7)try

we (Em7)can be (Dm7)sure.

(G)If I

(C)La,

(F7)la, la, la.

(D7)La, la, la.

If I (C)on ly had the (C)words

(C)to tell you,

if you (Dm7)on ly had the time to un der stand.

Oh, (G)but I (C)on ly have these (C)arms

to (Fmaj7)hold you,

and it’s (Dm7)all that you can ask of an y man.