Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Verse 1:
C A7 Ds4 Fm6
Three words in my diction - a - ry
C Dm Em G7 C G7
I ne - ver could see
C A7 Ds4 Fm6
But to my vo - cab - u - la - ry
C Dm F G7 C
I’ve add - ed those three
Em B7 Em A7 G D7 G7
I’m waiting for someone to say them to me
Chorus:
C Am C
Three little words
Am C Adim7 G7 Dm7 G7
Oh, what I’d give for that wonderful phrase
F#m7 G7 C Am C
To hear those three little words
Am C Adim7 G7 Dm7 G7
That’s all I’d live for the rest of my days
F#m7 G7 C C7 Gm7 C7
And what I feel in my heart, they tell sinc - ere - ly
F Dm Gdim7 Dm Gdim7 Dm A7 G#7 G7
No other words can tell it half so clear - ly
C Am C Am C Adim7
Three little words, eight lit - tle letters
G7 F Fm G7 Am G D7
Which simply means “I - love you!”
Verse 2:
C A7 Ds4 Fm6
I used to pay no atten - tion
C Dm Em G7 C G7
When ev - er I’d hear
C A7 Ds4 Fm6
Some lonesome Romeo men - tion
C Dm F G7 C
“I love you, my dear”
Em B7 Em A7 G D7 G7
Now I want to hear it each time you draw near
Chorus:
C Am C
Three little words
Am C Adim7 G7 Dm7 G7
Oh, what I’d give for that wonderful phrase
F#m7 G7 C Am C
To hear those three little words
Am C Adim7 G7 Dm7 G7
That’s all I’d live for the rest of my days
F#m7 G7 C C7 Gm7 C7
And what I feel in my heart, they tell sinc - ere - ly
F Dm Gdim7 Dm Gdim7 Dm A7 G#7 G7
No other words can tell it half so clear - ly
C Am C Am C Adim7
Three little words, eight lit - tle letters
G7 F Fm G7 Am F7 C
Which simply means “I - love you!”