If Ever I Would Leave You

Lerner and Lowe, 1963
From "Camelot."
tabulated by

4 -4 5 -3   4    -4    5   
If ever I would leave you,

-4 -4  5   -5  6   5  6
it wouldn't be in summer. 

-4  5  -5  6  -5 6   -6 -7 7   -8   -8
Seeing you in summer, I never could go.

 8    8       7    -6    7   7
Your hair streaked with sunlight,

 -8  -8   -7  6   -7
Your lips red as flame,

 7    7    -6 -5 -6 -6   
Your face with a luster

 -4   5    -5   7  -4
that puts gold to shame.

 4  -4  5 -3 4    -4   5  
But if I'd ever leave you,

-4  -4  5   -5  6   5 6
it couldn't be in Autumn

-4   5    -5   6 -5  6  
How I'd leave in Autumn,

-6 -7 7  -8    8
 I never will know.

 8    8    7   -6  7  7
I've seen how you sparkle,

 -8  -8   -7    6  -7
When Fall nips the air.

7   7  -6  -5 -6 -6   
I know you in Autumn,

-4  5  -5   5   4
and I must be there.

 4    4   -4  5    5    5  5  
And could I leave you running

 5 -5 5    5   -5    6
merrily through the snow,

5  6 -6  -7-7   -7 -7  
Or on a wintry evening

  7  -8   7    -7   6 -6    -8
when you catch the fire's glow.

4  -45  -3   4   -4    5   
If ever I would leave you,

-4   -4   5  -5  6   5     6
how could it be in springtime?

-4  5   -5  6   -5     
Knowing how in spring,

 6  -6  -7    7  -8  8
I'm bewitched by you so.

8    8   7  -6   7   7
Oh, no, not in springtime

7 -8     8  7  -6   7
Summer, Winter or Fall;

7  -8 8   -7   7   -9   9   -7  7
No never could I leave you, at all.

--repeat from..."and could I leave you...."

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