Cherish    (video)    (midi)

 

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1. Cherish is the word I use to descri.....be,

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    all the feeling that I have, hiding here for you insi.......de.

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    You don’t know how many times I wished that I had told you,

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    you don’t know how many times I wished that I could hold you,

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    you don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I could mould you

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    into someone, who could cherish me as much as I cherish you.

 

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2. Perish is the word that more applie.....s

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    to the hope on my heart each time I reali.....ze,

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    that I’m not gonna be the one to share your dreams,

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    that I’m not gonna be the one to share your schemes,

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    that I’m not gonna be the one to share what seems to be the life,

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    that you could cherish me as much as I do yours.

 

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+  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

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    that you are driving me out of my mind.

 

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+  Oh, I could say I need you, but then you’d realize

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    that I want you, just like a thousand other guys

 

 

 

 

 

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    who say they’d love you, with all the rest of their lives,

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    when all they wanted was to touch your face

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    your hands, and gaze into your eyes.

 

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3. Cherish is the word I use to descri.....be,

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    all the feeling that I have, hiding here for you insi.......de.

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    You don’t know how many times I wished that I had told you,

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    you don’t know how many times I wished that I could hold you,

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    you don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I could mould you

   F#m Em                                C                                                A

    into someone, who could cherish me as much as I cherish you.

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    And I do cherish you ! And I do, I cherish you !

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    Yes, I do ! I cherish you ....

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (David Cassidy)