How Can I Tell You chords by Madness

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Prelude:
G+G
Communication is a skill you must acquire,
    C majorC
it will help you through your life, it is essential
G+G
You have to walk into this world with your head held high,
        C majorC
be fluid child, don't become crystalline,
C majorC
you're gonna have to swim with the molecules

Chorus:
C majorC        G+G
How can I tell you, you have to open up your heart
C majorC        G+G
How can I tell you, be honest from the very start
    C majorC
How I feel, make a stand for what is true
C majorC
Try to be decent in all that you do.
C majorC        G+G
How can I tell you, you've got to give to get support
C majorC        G+G
How can I tell you, a little effort & a lot more thought
C majorC
How I feel, check the wonder in all that you see
C majorC
You've got to get loving unconditionally.

Verse:
G+G
You're gonna have to walk that road, you're gonna bear some heavy loads
C majorC
You'll make mistakes & you'll come close
C majorC
You're gonna get hurt by the one you love most

G+G
You're gonna have to take some pain, accept the loss to live again
C majorC
Forgive yourself as you'll be free,
C majorC
there's more to love than just loving you see.

Chorus:
C majorC        G+G
How can I tell you, the laughter on a crowded bus
C majorC        G+G
How can I tell you, making space when you're being crushed
    C majorC
How I feel, a letter I receive from you
C majorC
A augmentedA hug & a kiss when you're feeling blue
C majorC        G+G
How can I tell you, the last chocolate in the box
C majorC        G+G
How can I tell you, a pair of mittens & some cotton socks
C majorC
How I feel, I'll make a fire when you are cold
C majorC
Don't worry darling I'll love you when you grow old

Instrumental:

G+G 4 bars
C majorC 4 bars
G+G 4 bars
C majorC 4 bars

Chorus:
C majorC       G+G
How can I tell you, 6 candles on your birthday cake
C majorC        G+G
How can I tell you, a Christmas card that I helped you make
C majorC
How I feel, when you ran in your first race
C majorC
The time I stuck an ice cream in your face
C majorC       G+G
How can I tell you, the last chocolate in the box
C majorC        G+G
How can I tell you, a pair of mittens & some cotton socks
C majorC        G+G
How I feel, I'll make a fire when you are cold
C majorC
Don't worry darling I'll love you when you grow old