If Ever I Would Leave You

Intro: | C |    Am | C  - | Gm       | C
 
Verse 1
                   C
If ever  I would leave you,
                   F
it wouldn't be in sum -  mer
       Cm      C
Seeing you in summer,
Dm    C   Fm    C      F
 I   nev - er    would    go
 Am  F                 Bb
Your hair streaked with sunlight,
G     C          F
your lips red as flame,
F                Gm  D
 Your face with a lus-ter
Gm               Am  Gm    C
  that puts gold to shame.
 
 
Verse 2
                 C
But if I'd ever leave you,
                   F
it couldn't be in autumn;
         Cm      C
How I'd leave in autumn,
Dm   C   Fm   C      F
I   nev - er   will   know.
 Am  F            Bb
I've seen how you sparkle
G     C            F
when fall nips the air;
F            Gm  D
I know you in autumn
Gm            C   F
  and I must  be   there.
 
 
Bridge:
              A                        D      E    A
And could I leave you running merrily through the snow?
         C#     F#
Or on a wintry evening
C#       Bm        E       A     C
when you catch the fire's glow?
 
 
Verse 3
                 C
If ever I would leave you,
                   F
how could it be in springtime,
       Cm       Gm    C
Knowing how in spring I'm
Dm    C      Bb     Gm   A   Dm
be - witched  by   you  so?
Am  F          Bb           Gm
Oh, no, not in spring-time,
        Bbm         F
summer, winter, or fall
G                   C
  No never could I leave you
Gm   C  F   Gb  F
     at    all.
 
 
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
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