If I Told You Now

If I [A7]tol[D]d you no[D]w
That I [Adim]didn’t have the an[Bm]swers
[Bm/A]   That I [Gsus2]didn’t know the re[D/F]asons
That I [B7]didn’t hold the ke[Em]y

[Em/D]  If I [A7]tol[C]d [A7]  you no[D/F]w
That I [Adim]could[C]n’t s[Adim]ay  for ce[Bm]rtain [Bm/A]
That I [G2]wouldn’t break my pr[D/F]omise
Could you [E7]bear to [A7]look at [Dsus4]me?    [D]       [Dsus4]              [D]

If I [Dsus4]told  [A7]   [D]you now [D]
That in [Adim]spite[C]  of m[Adim7]y    persis[Bm]tence
And my [G2]confident deme[D/F]anor
I am [B7]more  and more in doub[Em]t  [Em7/D]

If I [A7]tol[C]d [A7]  you no[D/F]w
[D]Would you [Adim]smile with understa[Bm]nding
Would you [G2]burn with disappoin[D/F]tment
Or would you [E7]turn and [A7]turn me [Dsus4]out?   [D]

If I [Bm]told you now[B]   [A]
I sus[G2]pect you still might say[D/F]
We’ve gone too [G11]far to chang[D2]e  [F]
Or [Em7]push away the tid[D2]e  [F]

Would you [E7]close us dow[D/E]n
Or would [Edim7]I    get extra points [E7]
Because I [D/A]tried?
If I [Gsus2]tried [A]

If I [A/C]told[A7]  you no[D/F]w   [D]
And I’m [Adim]not about to tel[Bm]l you
But in [G2]case I chose to men[D/F]tion
Things I [D/E]know you won’[Em9]t allo[Em6]w   [F]

[F7]  Would it [G]hurt [Em7]less[G]  [D/A]later
If I [E7]tol[A7sus4]d    you n[Dsus4]ow?    [D]       [Dsus4]              [D]

[Adim]/[D] – [D] – [Adim]/[D] – [D]

[Adim]If   [C]   I[Bm] told you no[Bm/A]w
That we’re [G2]never really saf[Dsus2]e     [F]
From all the [G11]fires we se[D2]t  [F]
Or [Em7]debts we had to pa[D2]y  [F]

[Bb7]Woul[F]d you [E7]hold me no[D/E]w
So at [Edim7]least for this, for her[E7]e
I know [D/A]you’d stay
If you’[Am7]d stay

If I [A7]tol[C]d you no[D2]w
It would [Adim]be   [C] for your protec[Bm]tion
‘Cause I’m [Gsus2]sure I’ll disappoint[D/F] you
Though I [D/E]can’t im[Em9]agine how[Em6]    [F]       [F7]

Does it [G]make [Gdim]me   [D/A]better
If I [G7]tol[A]d [F7]   [A] you now[B]?  [B7]
Would you [Em7]make [E7]me [G]  [D/A]better
If I [E7]tol[A7]d you [Dsus4]now?   [Dsus2]          [D]