Lirik dan Chord Lagu If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You) - Billy Joel

Lagu ini dimuat dalam album hitnya, Piano Man, yang berhasil mendapatkan sertifikasi gold dari RIAA.

Bersama sembilan lagu lainnya, album Piano Man rilis di bawah naungan label Columbia Records.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "If I Only Had the Words (To Tell You)" dari Billy Joel.

[Intro}
D E A D E A C E

[Verse]
       A                               D          A 
If I only had the words to tell you
           Bm                                     G        E
If you only had the time to understand
                A                                            D          A
Though I know it wouldn’t change your feelings
          Bm                       E                       A   C E
And I know you’ll carry on the best you can

[Verse]
       A                             D         A
If I only had the urge to tell you
           Bm                                      G   E
If you only knew how hard it is to say
                 A                                      D        A
When the simple lines have all been taken
               A         Bm                      E    A G
And the radio repeats them every day

[Verse]
      C                                  F           C
If I never find the song to sing you
           Dm                                        A#    G
If you always find it hard to comprehend
                C                                              F           C
Well you know there wouldn’t be much meaning
      Dm                         G                C
If I had to sing those tired words again

[Bridge]

E                             Am
Life... goes on and on
           G     C           G         C
And tonight... will soon be gone
                F   Em
But if we try
                 Dm G
We can be sure

[Verse]
        C                                F      C
If I only had the words to tell you
           Dm                                  A#        G
If you only had the time to understand
         C                                   F             C
But I only have these arms to hold you
            Dm                     G                 C   F G
And it’s all that you can ask of any man

[Coda]
C      F          A# Dm     G
Laa laa la la la   laa la la la

[Verse]
      C                                  F           C
If I only had the words to tell you
            Dm                                   A#    G
If you only had the time to understand
               C                                      F          C
Oh but I only have these arms to hold you
            Dm                      G              C
And it’s all that you can ask of any man

[Outro]
F G C F G C