I Can't Begin To Tell You

Words & Music by Mack Gordon & James. V. Monaco
Recorded by Bing Crosby, 1945 (#1 for 6 weeks, on charts for 20)


D7/9  G      Am7     E7      Bm7-5
 I   can't begin to tell you

    Am    Am+7             A7
How much       you mean to me.

    D9         D6    Am7  Cdim       G      E7   Am7   D7
My world would end if ever we were through.


D7/9  G     Am7     E7      Bm7-5
  I can't begin to tell you

    Am   Am+7     A7
How happy I would be

   D9        D6      Am7       Cdim   G   Am7   G  G/F#
If I could speak my mind like others do.



Bridge:

   B7       Cdim     B7     Cdim
I make such pretty speeches

   E7    Edim    E7
Whenever we're apart.

     D9          A7        D9       Am7
But when you're near, the words I choose

   D9      Am7      D7
Refuse to leave my heart.


D7/9  G       Am7       E7      Bm7-5
 So take the sweetest phrases

    Am        Am+7   A7
The world has ever known

    D9      D6         Am7     Cdim     G   Am7   G
And make believe I've said them all to you.

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