I'll Have To Say I Love You in a Song
Jim Croce

Jim Croce
I Got A Name
1973

I keep getting into these Croce songs because they are great fingerpicking
material.  This one turned out to be easier than I thought.  I hope you like
it!  BTW, if you want anything to do with Jim, check out the Jim Croce Home
Page.  He provided the lyrics, too.  Have fun with this!

Chords

Here's the intro:

   A                 C#m               Bm                Dm      E
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|---------4-------|-----------------|-------5---------|
B:-----2-----2-----|-----5-----5-----|-----3-----3-----|-----6-------9---|
G:---2-----2-----2-|---6---------6---|---4-----4-------|---7-------9-----|
D:-----------------|-------6---------|-------4---------|-----------------|
A:-0-----------0---|-4---------------|-2-----------2///|/5-------7-------|
E:-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


   A                 C#m               Bm                Dm      E
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|---------4-------|-----------------|-------5---------|
B:-----2-----2-----|-----5-----5-----|-----3-----3-----|-----6-------9---|
G:---2-----2-----2-|---6---------6---|---4-----4-------|---7-------9-----|
D:-----------------|-------6---------|-------4---------|-----------------|
A:-0-----------0---|-4---------------|-2-----------2///|/5-------7-------|
E:-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

The verses look like this:

     I know it's kinda late              I hope I didn't wake you    but what I
   A                 C#m               Bm                E       D   E
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0---2---4---|
B:-----2-----2-----|-----5-----5-----|-----3-----3-----|-------0---------|
G:---2-----2-----2-|---6-----6-----6-|---4-----4-----4-|---1-----2---4---|
D:-----------------|-------6---------|-------4---------|-----------------|
A:-0-----------0---|-4-----------4---|-2-----------2---|-----------------|
E:-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|


   gotta say can't wait                  I knew you'd understand
   A                 C#m               Bm                E       D   E
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0---2---4---|
B:-----2-----2-----|-----5-----5-----|-----3-----3-----|-------0---------|
G:---2-----2-----2-|---6-----6-----6-|---4-----4-----4-|---1-----2---4---|
D:-----------------|-------6---------|-------4---------|-----------------|
A:-0-----------0---|-4-----------4---|-2-----------2---|-----------------|
E:-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|


Play intro.


Well I know it's kind of late
I hope I didn't wake you
But what I got to say can't wait
I knew you'd understand

Just strum the chords during the chorus:
CHORUS
D               D#º
   Ev'ry time I tried to tell you
    C#m                 A     D
The words just came out wrong
        A             E             D
So I'll have to say I love you in a song


Yeah I know it's kind of strange
But ev'ry time I'm near you
I just run out of things to say
I knew you'd understand

CHORUS
Ev'ry time I tried to tell you
The words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song

GUITAR SOLO
Play verse pattern.

CHORUS
Ev'ry time the time was right
All the words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song


Yeah I know it's kind of late
I hope I didn't wake you
But there's something that I just got to say
I knew you'd understand

CHORUS
Ev'ry time I tried to tell you
The words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song


Play intro tab (instrumental), end on A


CHORDS:

D	xx0232 or x57775
D#º	x6787x
Dm	x57765

Fingerings for the other chords can be found at my Key to Chords Page.
To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.