I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song chords by Jim Croce

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:
   Amaj7             C#m
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|---------6-------|
A|-0-----------0---|-4-----------4---|
E|---------0-------|-----------------|



   Bm7               D       E
e|-----------------|-------2-----0---| both
B|-----------------|-----3---------0-| schemes
G|-----------------|---2-------1-----| x2
D|---------4-------|-0-------2-------|
A|-2-----------2---|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
                               well I...

🎸 Verse 1:
         A                C#m
Well, I know it's kind of late
Bm               E
- Hope I didn't wake you
            A              C#m
But what I gotta say can't wait
Bm                  E
- Know you'd understand


🎸 Chorus:
D              G#7
- Every time I tried to tell you
    C#                  F#m    D
The words just came out wrong
         A             E             D    A E
So I'll have to say I love you in a song


🎸 Verse 3:
         A                 C#m
Yeah, I know it's kind of strange
Bm                E
- Every time I'm near you
        A                   C#m
I just run out of things to say
Bm                  E
- Know you'd understand


🎸 Chorus:
D              G#7
- Every time I tried to tell you
    C#m                 F#m    D
The words just came out wrong
         A             E             D    A
So I'll have to say I love you in a song


🎸 Solo:
         A                 C#m
e|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----|-----2---2-4-----|-2---------------|
A|-0-2-|-4-----4---------|-----------------|
E|-----|-----------------|-----------------|

   Bm                E
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----0-----------|-----------------|
A|-------4-2---0---|-4---2-------0-2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

   A                 C#m
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-------------0---|-2---------------|
G|---------2-------|-----------------|
D|-----2-----------|-----------------|
A|-4---------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

   Bm                E
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----3-2-0-------|-----------------|
G|-------------2---|-1-------1-------|
D|-----------------|-----4-----------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|


🎸 Chorus:
D                G#7
- Every time the time was right
        C#m                 F#m    D
All the words just came out wrong
         A             E             D    A E
So I'll have to say I love you in a song


🎸 Verse 3:
         A                C#m
Yeah, I know it's kind of late
Bm               E
- Hope I didn't wake you
             A                          C#m
But there's something that I just gotta say
Bm                  E
- Know you'd understand


🎸 Chorus:
D              G#7
- Every time I tried to tell you
    C#m                 F#m    D
The words just came out wrong
         A             E             D    A E
So I'll have to say I love you in a song


Instrumental 🎸 Outro:
| A | C#m | Bm | D  E |
| A | C#m | Bm | Dm E |
| A |


Chords:
Amaj7  x02120
Bm     x24432
Bm7    x24232
C#     x46664
C#m    x46654
F#m    244222
G#7    464544