Betty Carter

I Could Write a Book

Betty Carter


Tom: C

Intro: G  C7    C
       A  B  C  D  E  F  G

    Cm        G          A7        D7   G4 G Dm G
I never learned to spell, at least not well
                        G7          C
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
   Cm       G        A7      G7   G4 G Dm G
I never learned to count a great amount
Gm7                          C7   F7M
But my busy mind is burning to   use what learning 
     Em7   A7   D7                  G            G7              Dm7     G7
I've got,       I won't waste any time, I'll strike while the iron is hot
         C                 G7      C
If they asked me, I could write a book
  G7       C       G7         C    C#dim     Dm7 G7
About the way you walk and whisper and       look
F  G7     C    Ab7     Dm7    G7        C   F#dim    G
I could write a        preface       on how we        met
C F#dim      G     Eb7   Am7  D7       G  Dm7 G7
So the       world would never      forget
        C             G7     C
And the simple secret of the plot
   G7      C         G7      C        C#dim      Dm7 G7
Is just to tell them that I love you a          lot
 F   G7    C    Ab7 Dm7   G7       Cm7     C7    F
Then the world discovers         as my      book ends
 Dm     C    G7  Dm7    G7        C
How to make two lovers        of friends
         C                 G7      C
If they asked me, I could write a book
  G7       C       G7         C    C#dim     Dm7 G7
About the way you walk and whisper and       look
F  G7     C    Ab7     Dm7    G7        C   F#dim    G
I could write a        preface       on how we        met
C F#dim      G     Eb7   Am7  D7       G  Dm7 G7
So the       world would never      forget
        C             G7     C
And the simple secret of the plot
   G7      C         G7      C        C#dim      Dm7 G7
Is just to tell them that I love you a          lot
 F   G7    C    Ab7 Dm7   G7       Cm7     C7    F
Then the world discovers         as my      book ends
 Dm     C    G7  Dm7    G7        C     F C
How to make two lovers        of friends

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