If Ever I Would Leave You chords by Robert Goulet

Intro: | F | F7 Dm | F7 - | Cm/Gb Cm7| F

Verse 1
          F9
If ever I would leave you,
          Bbmaj9 Bb
it wouldn't be in sum - mer
    Fdim  F7
Seeing you in summer,
Gdim F7 Bbdim F7(b9) Bbmaj9 Bb6
 I  nev - er  would  go
 Dm Bb7        Eb
Your hair streaked with sunlight,
CM  F7     Bbmaj9
your lips red as flame,
Bb6        Cm7 G7
 Your face with a lus-ter
Cm        Dm Cm7  F7
 that puts gold to shame.

Verse 2
         F9
But if I'd ever leave you,
          Bbmaj9 Bb
it couldn't be in autumn;
     Fdim  F7
How I'd leave in autumn,
Gdim F7 Bbdim F7(b9) Bbmaj9 Bb6
I  nev - er  will  know.
 Dm Bb7      Eb
I've seen how you sparkle
CM  F7      Bbmaj9
when fall nips the air;
Bb6      Cm7 G7
I know you in autumn
Cm Cm7    F9 Bb
 and I must be  there.


Bridge:
       D    Daug  D6    G   A7  D  Dmaj7 D6
And could I leave you running merrily through the snow?
     F#   B
Or on a wintry evening
F#    Em7    A7   D   F7
when you catch the fire's glow?


Verse 3
         F9
If ever I would leave you,
          Bbmaj9 Bb
how could it be in springtime,
    Fdim   Cm7  F
Knowing how in spring I'm
Gdim F7   Ebmaj7 Cm6 D7 Gm7
be - witched by  you so?
Dm Bb7     Eb  Ebmaj7 Cm7
Oh, no, not in spring-time,
    Ebm     Bb
summer, winter, or fall
C9         F9
 No never could I leave you
Cm7 F9 Bb6 Cb6 Bb
   at  all.


Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner