If I Could Be With You - by James P. Johnson & Henry Creamer

from Flowers for Lilah by Danielle Applestone

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Words & Music by Harry Creamer & James P. Johnson, 1926

A F#m D9 E7
I'm so blue, I don't know what to do,

A F#m D9 E7
All day long, I sit and dream of you

A A9 A7 A7/9 F#m
I did wrong when I let you go away,

B7 Edim E7 Bm7-5 E7
For now I dream about you night and day.

Cdim E7 D9 E7
I'm un - happy and dissatisfied,

Edim B7 Cdim E7
But I'd be happy if I had you by my side.

D6 D E7 E9
If I could be with you, I'd love you strong,

Cdim A6 E7 C#m7-5 F#7
If I could be with you, I'd love you long,

D Bm7 E7 E7/6 E7 E7/6
I want you to know that I would - n't go,

A A9 A A6 F#m F#m9 F#m Bm Bm7-5 E7
Until I told you, hon - ey, why I love you so.

D6 D E7 E7/9
If I could be with you one hour tonight,

Cdim A6 E7 C#m7-5 F#7
If I was free to do the things I might,

D Cdim E7 A C#m7-5 F#7
I'm telling you true, I'd be an - y - thing but blue,

D9 E7 A
If I could be with you.

D6 D E7 E9
If I could be with you, I'd love you strong,

Cdim A6 E7 C#m7-5 F#7
If I could be with you, I'd love you long,

D Bm7 E7 E7/6 E7 E7/6
I want you to know that I would - n't go,

A A9 A A6 F#m F#m9 F#m B7 F7 E7
Until I told you, hon - ey, why I love you so.

D6 D E7 E7/9
If I could be with you one hour tonight,

Cdim A6 E7 C#m7-5 F#7
If I was free to do the things I might,

D Cdim E7 A C#7 F#7
I'm telling you true, I'd be an - y - thing but blue,

C#m7-5 D9 Cdim E7 E7-9 A
If I could be with you.

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from Flowers for Lilah, released April 27, 2010

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