I COULD WRITE A BOOK
Music by: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by: Lorenz Hart
From PAL JOEY (1940) stage play
and PAL JOEY film (1957)
Performed by: Frank Sinatra
PAL JOEY film soundtrack: https://youtu.be/XGuaoiI1bSc
Key of C
Verse 1
[C] [G7] [C]
If they asked me, I could write a book
[G7] [C] [G7]
About the way you walk, and whisper and look
[F] [G7] [C] [G7] [C] [G]
I could write a preface on how we met
[C] [G] [Am7] [G]
So the world would never forget
Verse 2
[C] [G7] [C]
And the simple secret of the plot
[G7] [C] [G7]
Is just to tell them that I love you, a lot
[F] [G7] [C] [G7] [Cm7] [C7] [F]
Then the world discovers, as my book ends
[Dm] [C] [G7] [C] [F] [C]
How to make two lovers of friends.
Bridge
[C] [G7] [C]
[G7] [C] [G7]
About the way you walk, and whisper and look
Interlude
[F] [G7] [C] [G7] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [Am7] [G]
Verse 3
[C] [G7] [C]
And the simple secret of the plot
[G7] [C] [G7]
Is just to tell them that I love you, a lot
[F] [G7] [C] [G7] [Cm7] [C7] [F]
Then the world discovers, as my book ends
Outro
[Dm] [C] [G7] [C] [F] [C]
How to make two lovers of friends.
