If Ever

Words & Music by Stevie Wonder & Stephanie Andrews
Sung by John Denver
on Dreamland Express (1985)


 F              Am7
I'd sing you a song, without a word.
  Bb                 Gm7/C  C
Still you would hear my tune.
     F          Am7
I'd give you a day, without a time.
Bb             C     A7/C#
So it won't end too soon.
    Dm           F/Eb
Oh, anything, I would do.
      Bb               Bb7   E7
And that really is my point of view.
   Am         Cm7      F7
If ever, my darling in my life.
  Bb       Gm7     Gm7/C    F  Am7  Bb  Gm7/C
I ever had a chance to love you.
 F               Am7
I'd build you a world made of the dream
 Bb             Gm7/C  C
That dances in your head.
 F         Am7
Take a rainbow, with colors bright
 Bb          C    A7/C#
To hang over your bed.
 Dm           F/Eb
Anything, I would do.
       Bb               Bb7     E7
And that really is my point of view.
   Am         Cm7       F7
If ever, my darling in my life.
   Bb      Bm7      Gm/C
I ever had a chance to love you.
 Gm                  D7/4   D7
Fate's been waiting for the right time
    Gm               D7/4 D7
To put us in each other's arms.
  C             G/B
But why should we sit and waste time
   Dm7         Dm7/G       Gm7/C   C
To start right now, would do no harm.
 F         Am7
Give me a sign and I will show you.
     Bb        Gm7/C  C
The magic of when I speak.
  F        Am7
Open your heart, let me come in.
 Bb           C    A7/C#
My love is yours to keep.
 Dm           F/Eb
Anything, I would do.
      Bb               Bb7      E7
And that really is my point of view.
   Am          Cm7     F7
If ever, my darling in my life.
  Bb       Gm7     Gm7/C   Am  Dm
I ever had a chance to love you.
     Am       C            F Am7  Bb
If I ever had a chance to love you.
     C                  F  Am7  Bb
If I ever had a chance to love you.
F   Am7  Bb
     C 
If I ever had a chance to love you.