If I May

Words & Music by Charles Singleton & Rose Marie McCoy
Recorded by Nat King Cole, 1955 with The Four Knights
Flip side of "A Blossom Fell"


    Cdim    Em7  G/B  A7      Edim      Em7  G/B  A7
I'd like to love          you, ev' - ry day

A7+5   D  Dalt G  D    A7   D
 If I may (If  I may),

     Cdim        Em7    G/B  A7  Edim       Em7  G/B  A7
And dream dreams of you,          ev' - ry night

A7+5    D   Dalt G  D    A7   D
 If I might (If  I might).

D7  G  G/F# Em7  Em6  F#m B7 A7
And if  I   may, I'd like to say

   G   Cdim A7   Em   D    D7
I wish that you were mine;

  Bm F#m  Bm     F#m      B7
If I had you, all I would do

G   E7/9 Bm7-5 E7/9 Fdim  A7
Is adore  you  all   the time.


    Cdim    Em7     G/B  A7  Edim       Em7  G/B  A7
I'd like to tell you          of your charms

A7+5      D  Dalt G  D   A7   D
Ev' - ry day, if  I may,

    Cdim    Em7      G/B  A7  Edim   Em7  G/B  A7
I'd like to hold  you          in my arms

A7+5       D   Dalt G  D    A7   D
Ev' - ry night, if  I might.

 D7        G         B7    A   A9
You're the object of my affections,

       D       F#m    B7
And if you have no objections,

    Cdim    Em7      G/B  A7 Edim      Em7  G/B  A7
I'd like to love you,        night and day

Em7   D
If I may.

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