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Cherish is the word I use to describe
       D9                  Em7      C9    Em7    A7
All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
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You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you
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You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you
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You don't know how many times I've wished that I could
G     F#m7    Em7       G         G/F#   G/B   A4/7     A7 A
Mold you into someone who could cherish me as much as I cherish you
 D9             Em7          C9    Em7    A7
Perish is the word that more than applies 
      D9           Em7     C9   Em7   A7
To the hope in my heart each time I realize
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That I am not gonna be the one to share your dreams
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That I am not gonna be the one to share your schemes
          F#m7                      G
That I am not gonna be the one to share what
        F#m7
Seems to be the life that you could cherish 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
          G G/F#  Em7   G  G/F# Em
That could make you hear, make you see
        C       C/B      A
That you are drivin' me out of my mind
            D9               A
Oh I could say I need you  but then you'd realize
    Am               B9
That I want you  just like a thousand other guys
         G                A
Who'd say they loved you  with all the rest of their lies
       Bm
When all they wanted was to touch your face, your hands
  C          A      B7
And gaze into your eyes
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Cherish is the word I use to describe
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All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
         G#m                       A
You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you
         G#m                        A
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you
        G#m
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could
A    G#m7     F#m7        D            F#7     B7
Mold you into someone who could cherish me as much as I cherish you
 A E B7  E  A  B7   E  A B7  E  A  B7             G7M     G6
And I do cherish you, and I do cherish you cherish is the word