If I Said I Loved You

(C)If I said I (F)loved you,

(C)all my life I (F)loved you,

(Am)would the line be crossed?

(C)Would the words make sense?

(F)Would the thought be cause for (Em)concern?

(Dm7)Would you turn to frost?

(C)Would you take offence

(G)or, perchance, feel (G7)love in (C)return?

If I said I loved (F)you,

(C)all my life I loved (F)you,

(Am)would you think me cruel

(C)to presume as much?

(F)Should I take more time to (Em)declare?

(Dm7)Would I seem the fool

(C)to admit as such?

(G7)In my heart, you've always been (C)there.

(C7)After all that we've been through,

(F)is it now too (Fm)late?

Is it too (C)soon?

(Am)Can a man forgive?

(D)Were the wounds you bore given (G)time to heal?

(Bb)After so much time can the (F)seed still grow?

(Ab)Can there still be fire in this (Eb)ember's glow?

(Cm)Do I say the words,

(Gm)risk as few would dare (Ab)such a precious bond as we (G)share?

(Bm)If I said the words,

(F#m)if I spoke my heart,

(G)if I said out loud what I (F#m)feel,

(Em7)if I had the strength (D)once again to start,

(A7)I would risk the tide and (Bm)reveal it all.

I wonder what you'd say,

(D)wonder what you'd do,

(A7)if I said, my love, "I love (D)you."