Dear Evan Hansen
If I Could Tell Her
Capo 4
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
C G
he said
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there's nothing like your smile, sort of
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subtle, and perfect and real
C G
he said,
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you never knew how wonderful that
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smile could make someone feel
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and he knew
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whenever you get bored you'd scribble
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stars on the cuffs of your jeans
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and he noticed
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that you still fill out the quizzes that they
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put in those teen magazines
[Pre-chorus]
Am D
but he kept it all
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inside his head
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what he saw, he left unsaid
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and though he wanted to,
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he couldn't talk to you,
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he couldn't find the way,
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but he would always say,
[Chorus]
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if I could tell her
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tell her everything I see
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if I could tell her
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how she's everything to me,
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but we're a million worlds apart
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and I don't know how I would even start,
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if I could tell her
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if I could tell her
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
C G
He thought
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you looked really pretty - eh erm,
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it looked pretty COOL, when you put
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indigo streaks in your hair
C G
and he wondered
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how you learned to dance like all the
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rest of the world isn't there
[Pre-chorus]
Am D
but he kept it all
G C
inside his head
Am D G
what he saw, he left unsaid
[Chorus]
F C
if I could tell her
Am G
tell her everything I see
F C
if I could tell her
Am G
how she's everything to me,
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but we're a million worlds apart
F G
and I don't know how I would even start,
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if I could tell her
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if I could tell her
[Bridge]
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if I could tell her
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but what do you do, when there's this great divide?
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(Zoey: he just seems so far away...)
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and what do you do, when the distance is too wide?
(Zoey: it's like I don't know anything)
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and how do you say,
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I love you
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I love you
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I love you
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I love you
[Outro]
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but we're a million worlds apart
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and I don't know how I would even start
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if I could tell her
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if I could