D - G - D -
A
D G
- C - A
1. Cherish is the word I use to descri.....be,
D G - C - A
all
the feeling that I have, hiding here for you insi.......de.
F#m G
You don’t know how many times
I wished that I had told you,
F#m G
you
don’t know how many times I wished that I could hold you,
F#m
G
you
don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I could mould you
F#m Em G
A
into
someone, who could cherish me as much as I cherish you.
D
G - C - A
2. Perish is the word that more applie.....s
D G - C - A
to
the hope on my heart each time I reali.....ze,
F#m
G
that
I’m not gonna be the one to share your dreams,
F#m
G
that
I’m not gonna be the one to share your schemes,
F#m G F#m Em
that
I’m not gonna be the one to share what seems to be
the life,
G A
that
you could cherish me as much as I do yours.
Em A
+ Oh, I’m beginning to
think, that man has never found
F#m C#
the
words that could make you want me,
A D Bm
that
have the right amount of letters, just the right sound
G Em
that
could make you hear, make you see
C A - A7
that
you are driving me out of my mind.
D A
+ Oh, I could say I
need you, but then you’d realize
Am B7
that
I want you, just like a thousand other guys
G A
who
say they’d love you, with all the rest of their lives,
Bm G
when
all they wanted was to touch your face
Em A C - A
your
hands, and gaze into your eyes.
D G -
C - A
3. Cherish is the word I use to descri.....be,
D
G - C - A
all
the feeling that I have, hiding here for you insi.......de.
F#m
G
You don’t know how many times
I wished that I had told you,
F#m G
you
don’t know how many times I wished that I could hold you,
F#m
G
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.
D G A D G A D G A D G A
And I do cherish you ! And I do, I cherish you !
D G A D G
A
Yes, I do !
I cherish you ....
(orig. = capo 3rd) (David
Cassidy)