Key: D
Introduction: D9 C9 D9 C9
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Cherish is the word I use to describe
D9 Em7 C9 Em7 A7
All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
F#m7 G
You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you
F#m7 G
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you
F#m7
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could
G F#m7 Em7 G G/F# G/B A4/7 A7A
Mold you into someone who could cherish me as much as I cherish you
D9 Em7 C9 Em7 A7
Perish is the word that more than applies
D9 Em7 C9 Em7 A7
To the hope in my heart each time I realize
F#m7 G
That I am not gonna be the one to share your dreams
F#m7
That I am not gonna be the one to share your schemes
F#m7 G
That I am not gonna be the one to share what
F#m7
Seems to be the life that you could cherish as much as I do yours
Em7 A
Oh I'm beginning to think that man has never found
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The words that could make you want me
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That have the right amount of letters, just the right sound
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That could make you hear, make you see
C C/B A
That you are drivin' me out of my mind
D9 A
Oh I could say I need you but then you'd realize
Am B9
That I want you just like a thousand other guys
G A
Who'd say they loved you with all the rest of their lies
Bm
When all they wanted was to touch your face, your hands
C A B7
And gaze into your eyes
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Cherish is the word I use to describe
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All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
G#m A
You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you
G#m A
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you
G#m
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could
A G#m7 F#m7 D F#7 B7
Mold you into someone who could cherish me as much as I cherish you
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And I do cherish you, and I do cherish you cherish is the word
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