I Will Wait For You

English Words by Norman Gimbel, Music by Michel Legrand
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1966
From the 1964 film "The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg"


B7    Em    B7  Em    B+     Asus4 Am   Am+7
If it takes for-ev-er I will  wait for you,

Am7    D7  Am7  D9    D7      Em        B7
For a thousand summers I will wait for you;

Am7         Em   B7  Em      B+       Asus4  Am  Am+7
Till you're back be-side me, till I'm hold - ing you,

Am7     Em           B7         Em      B7
Till I hear you sigh here in my arms.


    Em   B7  Em      B+  Asus4 Am  Am+7
Anywhere you wander, any-where you go,

Am7   D7  Am7 D9         D7     Em      B7
Every day re - mem - ber how I love you so;

        Em    B7  Em        B+   Asus4 Am  Am+7
In your heart be-lieve what in my heart I know,

Am7     Em       B7            Em   B+
That forevermore I'll wait for you.


Bridge:

    Asus4      Am   Asus4     Am      Asus4 Am7
The clock will tick away the hours one  by  one,

Esus4    Em       Esus4      Em     Esus4       Em
Then the time will come when all the waiting's done;

    B7sus4    B7   B7sus4    B7      B7sus4   B7
The time when you return and find me here and run

  Em        B+         B7
Straight to my waiting arms.


      Em    B7  Em  B+     Asus4 Am  Am+7
If it takes for-ever I will wait for you,

Am7   D7   Am7  D9    D7      Em       B7
For a thousand summers I will wait for you;

            Em   B7  Em       B+      Asus4 Am  Am+7
Till you're here be-side me, till I'm touch-ing you

Am7    Em        B7           Em
And forevermore sharing your love.

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