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If Ever I Would Leave You

Aretha Franklin

Chord: Principal (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: C
C   Fdim   Am7     Dm    D9   G    Dm7     Fdim    C7M Am
If ever  I would leave you,   it wouldn't be in summer
Dm    F   Dm5-/7    G Cdim      G  Am7   G/B  C C7M C7
Seeing you in    summer,  I     never  would go 
  C7             F7M     G      G/B   Em7      C7M     Am
Your hair streaked with sunlight,   your lips red as flame
  F        Dm     Dm7+    Dm7            F  Gdim    Dm Dm7 G
Your face with a luster         that puts gold to  shame
C Fdim      Am7    Dm    D9    G    Dm7     Fdim    C7M Am
But if I'd ever leave you,    it couldn't be in autumn
Dm       F   Dm5-/7   G  Cdim      G  Am7    G/B   C C7M C7
How I'd leave in autumn,    I      never  will know
    C7       F7M     G     G/B  Em7       C7M    Am
I've seen how you sparkle     when fall nips the air
  F      Dm    Dm7+  Dm7          F  G   C   Dm7 G
I know you in autumn         and I must be there
Bridge
       E       C#m7    A     B7        E
And could I leave you running merrily through the snow
     G#        Bbm7        F#m7          B7     G7
Or on a wintry evening    when you catch the fire's glow
C   Em7   Am7      Dm   D9   G    Dm7     Fdim    C7M     Am
If ever I would leave you,   how could it be in springtime
Dm    F   Dm5-/7    G   Cdim    G    Am7  G/B  C  C7M C7
Knowing how in spring I'm     bewitched by  you so
  C7         F7M     Fm       Fdim    Am      Am7+  D7
Oh, no, not in springtime,  summer, winter, or fall 
 F          D9         G7 Fdim     C
No never could I leave you     at  all
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