I will
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D G add9 A G add9 D G add9 A G add9
D Gadd9
Is this your voice I heard
A Gadd9
speaking my name?
D Gadd9
I hang on every word,
A Gadd9 D
each letter that I write,
Gadd9 A
every day, every night,
Gadd9 D
but I just can't live and learn (ooh).
G add9 A G add9
D Gadd9 A Gadd9
Talking to myself and believing I could live without you.
D Gadd9 A Gadd9
Living on the lies and believing that love would stay.
D Gadd9 A
Listen to me please and I'm begging on my knees before you,
Em7
but you don't show the way,
/A A7
no, you don't show the way.
D A/C#
He may change your world and someday he may break your heart,
Bm
and you deserve no better.
A G
If you love him I will step aside.
D
I offer this to you.
A/C# Bm
So leave me as I love you still.
Em7
And if he don't keep you warm,
D Gadd9 A
you know I will,
Gadd9 D Gadd9 A G add9
you know (ooh).
D Gadd9
So this is who you are,
A Gadd9 D Gadd9
and the rest of my life I dedicate to you.
A Gadd9 D
And I know that love can't wait.
Gadd9 A
There's a moon and a sun
Gadd9 D Gadd9 A Gadd9
and a dream that sees me through (ooh).
D Gadd9 A Gadd9
A little bit of change and a little bit of my desire.
D Gadd9 A Gadd9
I was shaking all over and I didn't know what to say.
D Gadd9 A
I'm the man in the middle and the middle man catches fire.
Em7
But baby, go away.
/A
Oh baby, go, baby, go away.
A7 D A/C#
He became your hero somehow, I become your clown.
Bm
And you deserve no better.
A G
If you love him, I will step aside.
D
I offer this to you.
A/C# Bm
So leave me as I love you still.
Em7
And if he don't take your heart, if he don't take your heart,
D
you know I will.
D Dsus4
It ain't wise, it ain't smart.
D Dsus4
You say there's no doubt about it.
D Dsus4
If you decide you got somebody else.
D Dsus4
(when I want you to myself).
D Dsus4
I can't stop, I can't look,
D Dsus4
I can't say no more about it
D Dsus4
but my love will go on
D Dsus4
just as long as the river flows.
D
Suddenly someone is crying.
Em7
Who knows what tomorrow brings so.
D A/C#
He may change your world and someday he may break your heart,
Bm
and you deserve no better.
A G
If you love him I will step aside.
D
I offer this to you.
A/C# Bm
So leave me as I love you still.
Em7 Em7
And if he don't take your heart, if he don't take your heart,
A D Dsus4
you know I will (ooh)
D Dsus4
D Dsus4
It ain't wise, it ain't smart.
D Dsus4
You say there's no doubt about it.
D Dsus4
If you decide you got somebody else.
D Dsus4
(when I want you to myself).
D Dsus4
I can't stop, I can't look,
D Dsus4
I can't say no more about it
D Dsus4
but my love will go on
D Dsus4
just as long as the river flows.
D Dsus4
It ain't wise, it ain't smart.
D Dsus4
You say there's no doubt about it.
D Dsus4
If you decide you got somebody else.
D Dsus4
(when I want you to myself). ...
How to play I will
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is D. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.