Cherish chords by The Association

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"Cherish"
			   (Terry Kirkman)

Jim Yester, in the liner notes to the Japanese _From The Original Master
Tapes_ CD (Warner/Pioneer WPCP-3536):

 One of the main signature pieces for the group, this follow-up release
 to "Along Comes Mary" rose to #1 nationally, and remained there for over
 three months. [Maybe in Japan; in the US, it was #1 for three weeks.]
 This song was a result of Terry Kirkman's fascination with the word
 "Cherish". The group's music publisher fought the title, believing it
 was too archaic. Arranged by the group, this song went through three
 completely different productions before being recorded. At the time, it
 was not considered for release as a single record. Fortunately, a disc
 jockey in Ohio took it upon himself to cause a regional breakout.

Intro:

	FMaj9Fmaj9 [xx7988] Ebmaj9Ebmaj9 [xx5766]

	FMaj9Fmaj9   Ebmaj9Ebmaj9
	Bum - bum - bum - bum


Verse 1:

	FMaj9Fmaj9        Gm7/C [xx5766]  Ebmaj9Ebmaj9  Gm7/C
	Cherish is the word I ...
	    FMaj9Fmaj9           Gm7/C       Ebmaj9Ebmaj9 Gm7/C
	All the feeling that I ...
	        Am7Am7                  Bb majorBb
	You don't know how many ...
	        Am7Am7                   Bb majorBb
	You don't know how many times I've ...
	        Am7Am7
	You don't know how many times ...
	Bb majorBb    Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
	Mold you into ...
	Bb majorBb                C majorC  [hammer-on: xx555x->xx756x]
	Cherish me as much as ...

Verse 2:

	Perish is the word that ...

Bridge:

	     Gm7Gm7          C majorC
	Oh I'm beginning to think ...
	   Am7Am7              E MajorE
	The words that could make ...
	        C majorC            FF       Dm/C
	That have the right amount of ...
	      Bb majorBb       Gm7Gm7
	That could make you hear...
	       Eb MajorEb          C majorC
	That you are drivin' ...

	         FMaj9Fmaj9           C majorC
	Oh I could say I need you ...
	    C minorCm           D9D9
	That I want you just ...
	        Bb majorBb            C majorC
	Who'd say they loved you  With all the ...
	        DmDm      /Bb    /A     /G
	When all they wanted was to ...
	          Eb MajorEb  C majorC  D7D7
	And gaze into ...
Verse 3 [words same as verse 1, chord progression completely different]:

	G+G           C majorC        Bb majorBb  C majorC
	Cherish is the word ...
	G+G              C majorC              Bb majorBb  C majorC
	All the feeling that I have hiding ...
	        Bm7Bm7                  C majorC
	You don't know how many times I've ...
	        Bm7Bm7                   C majorC
	You don't know how many times ...
	        Bm7Bm7
	You don't know how many times ...
	C majorC    Bm7Bm7  Am7Am7
	Mold you into ...
	FF                D MajorD
	Cherish me as ...

Coda:

	[N.C.] D MajorD    G+G C majorC  D MajorD
	And I do    ..
	 G+G C majorC D MajorD    G+G C majorC  D MajorD
	And I do    ...

	[N.C.]
	Cherish is the word

	guitar 1 [w/tremolo]:

	                Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
	---------------------17----------5-
	---------------13s18----17-------6-
	-------7-10s14-------------------7-
	---7-8---------------------------8-
	-8---------------------------------
	-----------------------------------

	guitar 2 [w/more tremolo]:
	---------------------------
	---------------------------
	---------------5-----------
	-------5-------------------
	---------------------------
	-3-------------------------


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

Other versions of Cherish

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