Intro: Fmaj9 [xx7988] Ebmaj9 [xx5766]
Fmaj9 Ebmaj9
Bum - bum - bum - bum
Fmaj9 Gm7/C [xx5766] Ebmaj9 Gm7/C
Verse 1: Cherish is the word I use to describe
Fmaj9 Gm7/C Ebmaj9 Gm7/C
All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
Am7 Bb
You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you
Am7 Bb
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you
Am7
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could
Bb Am7 Gm7
Mold you into someone who could
Bb C (hammer-on: [xx555x]->[xx756x])
Cherish me as much as I cherish you
Verse 2: 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
Bridge:
Gm7 C
Oh I'm beginning to think that man has never found
Am7 E
The words that could make you want me
C F Dm/C
That have the right amount of letters, just the right sound
Bb Gm7
That could make you hear, make you see
Eb C
That you are drivin' me out of my mind
Fmaj9 C
Oh I could say I need you but then you'd realize
Cm D9
That I want you just like a thousand other guys
Bb C
Who'd say they loved you With all the rest of their lies
Dm /Bb /A /G
When all they wanted was to touch your face, your hands
Eb C D7
And gaze into your eyes
Verse 3:
G C Bb C
Cherish is the word I use to describe
G C Bb C
All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
Bm7 C
You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you
Bm7 C
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you
Bm7
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could
C Bm7 Am7
Mold you into someone who could
F D
Cherish me as much as I cherish you
Coda:
(N.С.) D G C D
And I Do cherish you
G C D G C D
And I Do cherish you
(N.С.)
Cherish is the word
guitar 1 (w/tremolo):
Bbmaj7
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guitar 2 (w/more tremolo):
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