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If I Could Tell Her Tab by Dear Evan Hansen

If I Could Tell Her tab by Dear Evan Hansen

Guitar Tab

[Intro and Verse)
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D|---2----2-|----2----2|-----2-----2-|----2----1h2------------------------------|
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e|---------|------------|------------|------------------------------------------|
B|---------|------------|------------|------------------------------------------|
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D|---2----2|-----2----2-|----2-----2-|----2----4h2------------------------------|
A|---------|--0-----0---|------------|-2-----2----------------------------------|
E|-0----0--|------------|-2----2-----|------------------------------------------|

e|---------|------------|------------|------------------------------------------|
B|---------|------------|------------|------------------------------------------|
G|---------|------------|------------|------------------------------------------|
D|---2----2|-----2----2-|----2-----2-|----2----4h2------------------------------|
A|---------|--0-----0---|------------|-2-----2----------------------------------|
E|-0----0--|------------|-2----2-----|------------------------------------------|

e|---------|------------|------------|------------------------------------------|
B|---------|------------|------------|------------------------------------------|
G|---------|------------|------------|------------------------------------------|
D|---2----2|-----2----2-|----2-----2-|----2----4h2------------------------------|
A|---------|--0-----0---|------------|-2-----2----------------------------------|
E|-0----0--|------------|-2----2-----|------------------------------------------|

e|---------|------------|------------|------------------------------------------|
B|---------|------------|------------|------------------------------------------|
G|---------|------------|------------|------------------------------------------|
D|---2----2|-----2----2-|----2-----2-|----2----4h2------------------------------|
A|---------|--0-----0---|------------|-2-----2----------------------------------|
E|-0----0--|------------|-2----2-----|------------------------------------------|

REPEAT (Alternating)

Pre-Chorus:
         C#m    F#7    B        B7
"But he kept it all inside his head.
         C#m    F#7    B
What he saw he left unsaid"
      C#m        F#7         B         B7        C#m         F#7         B
e|-------4----------2----------2----------2----------4----------2----------2--|
B|-------5----------3----------3----------3----------5----------3----------3--|
G|-------6----------2----------3----------2----------6----------2----------3--|
D|-------6----------4----------3----------3----------6----------4----------3--|
A|---4---4------2---2------2---2------2---2------4---4------2---2------2---2--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

"And though he wanted to,
             E
he couldn't talk to you,
                     B
he couldn't find the way,
                     B7
but he would always say"
      E            B             B7
e|------0------------2-------------2-------------|
B|------0------------3-------------3-------------|
G|------1------------3-------------2-------------|
D|------2------------3-------------3-------------|
A|--2---2--------2---3---------2---2-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
 A    E
if i could tell her
             B       (B7)
tell her everything i see
             A   E
if i could tell her
               B
how she's everything to me,

      A       E       G#7    C#m                       Piano e|-0---0----0-|
but we're a million worlds apart                       riff  B|---4--0--4--|
    A                              B                         G|------------|
and i don't know how i would even start,                     A|------------|
             E     B    A                                    E|------------|
if i could tell her                                          D|------------|
             E     B    A (let ring)
if i could tell her

(Verse 2)
(spoken dialogue

he thought
you looked really pretty- eh erm,
it looked pretty COOL, when you put
indigo streaks in your hair

and he wondered
how you learned to dance like all the
rest of the world isn't there

  (X4)
e|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
B|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
G|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
D|---2----2-|----2----2-|----2-----2-|----2----1h2------------------------------|
A|----------|-0-----0---|------------|-2-----2----------------------------------|
E|-0----0---|-----------|-2----2-----|------------------------------------------|

e|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
B|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
G|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
D|---2----2-|----2----2-|----2----2--|---2----4h2-------------------------------|
A|----------|-0-----0---|------------|-2-----2----------------------------------|
E|-0----0---|-----------|-2----2-----|------------------------------------------|

e|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
B|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
G|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
D|---2----2-|----2----2-|----2-----2-|----2----1h2------------------------------|
A|----------|-0-----0---|------------|-2-----2----------------------------------|
E|-0----0---|-----------|-2----2-----|------------------------------------------|

e|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
B|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
G|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
D|---2----2-|----2----2-|----2----2--|---2----4h2-------------------------------|
A|----------|-0-----0---|------------|-2-----2----------------------------------|
E|-0----0---|-----------|-2----2-----|------------------------------------------|

e|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
B|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
G|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
D|---2----2-|----2----2-|----2-----2-|----2----1h2------------------------------|
A|----------|-0-----0---|------------|-2-----2----------------------------------|
E|-0----0---|-----------|-2----2-----|------------------------------------------|

e|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
B|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
G|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
D|---2----2-|----2----2-|----2----2--|---2----4h2-------------------------------|
A|----------|-0-----0---|------------|-2-----2----------------------------------|
E|-0----0---|-----------|-2----2-----|------------------------------------------|

e|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
B|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
G|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
D|---2----2-|----2----2-|----2-----2-|----2----1h2------------------------------|
A|----------|-0-----0---|------------|-2-----2----------------------------------|
E|-0----0---|-----------|-2----2-----|------------------------------------------|

e|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
B|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
G|----------|-----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
D|---2----2-|----2----2-|----2----2--|---2----4h2-------------------------------|
A|----------|-0-----0---|------------|-2-----2----------------------------------|
E|-0----0---|-----------|-2----2-----|------------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus:
         C#m    F#7    B        B7
"But he kept it all inside his head.
         C#m    F#7    B
What he saw he left unsaid"
      C#m        F#7         B         B7        C#m         F#7         B
e|-------4----------2----------2----------2----------4----------2----------2--|
B|-------5----------3----------3----------3----------5----------3----------3--|
G|-------6----------2----------3----------2----------6----------2----------3--|
D|-------6----------4----------3----------3----------6----------4----------3--|
A|---4---4------2---2------2---2------2---2------4---4------2---2------2---2--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 A    E
"if i could tell her
             B       (B7)
tell her everything i see
             A   E
if i could tell her
               B
how she's everything to me,

      A       E       G#7    C#m
but we're a million worlds apart
    A                              B
and i don't know how i would even start,
             E     B    A
if i could tell her
             E     B    A (let ring)
if i could tell her"

(KEY CHANGE)
            C
if i could tell her
                G                         C
but what do you do, when there's this great divide?
                G           C
(zoey: he just seems so far away...)
                G                            D
and what do you do, when the distance is too wide?

(zoey: it's like i don't know anything)
     G
and how do you say,
   C
i love you
   C
i love you
   C
i love you
   C
i love you

      C       G     D     Em
but we're a million worlds apart
     C              G            D
and i don't know how i would even start
            G    D  Em  C
if i could tell her
       G   D   C
if i could"


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Last updated: September 10, 2025

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