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Ill Have To Say I Love You In A Song

Ill Have to Say I Love You in a Song was written by Jim Croce after an argument with his wife, Ingrid. He was unable to express his feelings during the argument, so he wrote this song as a way to say what he felt.

Key: A

Introduction:  A7M   C#m   Bm   Dm   E7  

difficulty
intermediate |||||
         A7M              C#m    Bm                 E 
Well, I know it' s kind of late,   I hope I didn' t wake you.
               A7M             C#m    Bm                   E 
But what I' ve got to say can' t wait,   I know you' d understand.

 D               G#7                     C#7                    F#m    D 
  Every time I tried to tell you, the words just came out wrong.
          A              E               D      A 
So, I' ll have to say I love you, in a song.

         A7M              C#m       Bm                E 
Yeah, I know it' s kind of strange,   every time I' m near you
        A7M                 C#m   Bm                   E 
I just run out of things to say,   I know you' d understand.

 D               G#7                     C#7                    F#m    D 
  Every time I tried to tell you, the words just came out wrong.
          A              E               D      A 
So, I' ll have to say I love you, in a song.

 D                 G#7                      C#7                    F#m    D 
  Every time the time was right, all the words just came out wrong.
          A7M          E               D      A 
So, I' ll have to say I love you, in a song.

         A7M              C#m    Bm                 E 
Yeah, I know it' s kind of late,   I hope I didn' t wake you.
             A7M                         C#m   Bm                   E 
But there' s something that I just got to say,   I know you' d understand.

 D               G#7                     C#7                    F#m    D 
  Every time I tried to tell you, the words just came out wrong.
          A7M          E               D      A 
So, I' ll have to say I love you, in a song.

 A7M 
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