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   D9                 Em7            C9     Em7 - A7 
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     A7sus4  A7 A 
Mold you into someone who could cherish me as much as I cherish you 
 
 
Perish is the word that more than applies 
To the hope in my heart each time I realize 
That I am not gonna be the one to share your dreams 
That I am not gonna be the one to share your schemes 
That I am not gonna be the one to share what 
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 
 
    F#m7                           C# 
The words that could make you want me 
 
                A                       D                Bm 
That have the right amount of letters, just the right sound 
 
            G   G/F# Em7   G   G/F# Em 
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 
 
 
(Key Change to E) 
 
 
E                     F#m7            D9   F#m7 -  B7 
Cherish is the word I use to describe 
 
         E                         F#m7               D9   F#m7 - B7 
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 
 
 A  E B7  E   A  B7    E  A B7  E  A   B7    (N.C.)          GM7   G6 
And I do cherish you, and I do cherish you - cherish is the word