Cherish

Words & Music by Terry Kirkman
Recorded by The Association, 1966 (#1)


Intro:    ||:   D9 C9    :||


   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





 
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