If Ever I Would Leave You
Intro: F- F7- Dm- F7- Cm/Gb Cm7- F
Verse 1
F9 If ever I would leave you,
Bbmaj9 Bb it wouldn't be in sum - mer
Fdim F7 Seeing you in summer, Gdim F7 Bbdim F7(b9) Bbmaj9 Bb6 I nev - er would go Dm Bb7 Eb Your hair streaked with sunlight, CM F7 Bbmaj9 your lips red as flame, Bb6 Cm7 G7 Your face with a lus-ter Cm Dm Cm7 F7 that puts gold to shame.
Verse 2
F9 But if I'd ever leave you,
Bbmaj9 Bb it couldn't be in autumn;
Fdim F7 How I'd leave in autumn, Gdim F7 Bbdim F7(b9) Bbmaj9 Bb6 I nev - er will know. Dm Bb7 Eb I've seen how you sparkle CM F7 Bbmaj9 when fall nips the air; Bb6 Cm7 G7 I know you in autumn Cm Cm7 F9 Bb and I must be there.
Bridge: D Daug D6 And could I leave you running merrily G A7 D Dmaj7 D6 through the snow? F# B Or on a wintry evening F# Em7 A7 D F7 when you catch the fire's glow?
Verse 3
F9 If ever I would leave you,
Bbmaj9 Bb how could it be in springtime,
Fdim Cm7 F Knowing how in spring I'm Gdim F7 Ebmaj7 Cm6 D7 Gm7 be - witched by you so? Dm Bb7 Eb Ebmaj7 Cm7 Oh, no, not in spring-time,
Ebm Bb summer, winter, or fall C9 F9 No never could I leave you Cm7 F9 Bb6 Cb6 Bb
at all.