Intro:  F9  Eb9

F9                    Gm7       Eb9        C7
Cherish is the word I use to describe
        F9                    Gm7                 Eb9      C7
All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
               Am7                                  Bb
You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you
               Am7                                    Bb
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you
               Am7
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could
Bb        Am7  Gm7              Bb             Bb/A    Bb/D     C7sus4  C7 C
Mold you into someone who could cherish me as much as I cherish you

F9                      Gm7         Eb9        C7
Perish is the word that more than applies
       F9                    Gm7       Eb9      C7
To the hope in my heart each time I realize
          Am7                                Bb
That I am not gonna be the one to share your dreams
          Am7                                 Bb
That I am not gonna be the one to share your schemes
          Am7
That I am not gonna be the one to share what
Bb        Am7  Gm7              Bb             Bb/A    Bb/D     C7sus4  C7 C
Seems to be the life that you could cherish as much as I do yours

         Gm7                   C
Oh I'm beginning to think that man has never found
    Am7                            E
The words that could make you want me
              C                        F              Dm
That have the right amount of letters, just the right sound
           Bb   Bb/A Gm7   Bb   Bb/A Gm
That could make you  hear, make you  see
             Eb         Eb/D      C
That you are drivin' me out of my mind

                 F9                       C
Oh I could say I need you  but then you'd realize
       Cm                    D9
That I want you  just like a thousand other guys
               Bb                      C
Who'd say they loved you  with all the rest of their lies
              Dm
When all they wanted was to touch your face, your hands
    Eb             C         D7
And gaze into your eyes

G                     Am7       F9       D7
Cherish is the word I use to describe
        G                     Am7                 F9      D7
All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
               Bm                                    C
You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you
               Bm                                      C
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you
               Bm
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could
C        Bm7  Am7               F                     A7        D7
Mold you into someone who could cherish me as much as I cherish you
  C G D7 G   C   D7    G  C D7 G  C    D7                   BbM7   Bb6   F9
And I do cherish you, and I do cherish you   cherish is the word