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If Ever I Would Leave You

Andy Williams

PopAdvanced for beginners24 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×
FdimDiagram coming soon
Am7×
Dm××
D9Diagram coming soon
G
Dm7Diagram coming soon
Am×
F
CdimDiagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
C7×
Em7
GdimDiagram coming soon
E
C#m7Diagram coming soon
A×
B7Diagram coming soon
G#Diagram coming soon
Bbm7Diagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
G7
FmDiagram coming soon
D7××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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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 
 
     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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Chord set

C · Fdim · Am7 · Dm · D9 · G · Dm7 · Am · F · Cdim · B · C7 · Em7 · Gdim · E · C#m7 · A · B7 · G# · Bbm7 · F#m7 · G7 · Fm · D7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.