If I Could Tell Her Uke tab by Ben Platt

11 Chords used in the song: G, D, C, Em, A7, D7, B7, Eb, Bb, F, Gm

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Artist: Ben Platt

Album: unknown

Difficulty:

4.05

(Intermediate)

Key: unknownChords

# From "Dear Evan Hansen"

# Strumming pattern: 

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[INTRO] G

evan:
G   D
he said
C
there's nothing like your smile, sort of
  G           D          C
subtle, and perfect and real
 G   D
he said,
      C
you never knew how wonderful that 
  G           D           C
smile could make someone feel

    G   D
and he knew
    C
whenever you get bored you'd scribble 
     G            D             C
stars on the cuffs of your jeans
    G     D
and he noticed
           C
that you still fill out the quizzes that they
 G            D      C
put in those teen magazines

        Em     A7
but he kept it all
   D        (D7)
inside his head
         Em      A7    D
what he saw, he left unsaid
                C
and though he wanted to,
             G
he couldn't talk to you,
                     D
he couldn't find the way,
                     D7
but he would always say,

[Chorus]
            C    G
if i could tell her
             D       (D7)
tell her everything i see
             C   G
if i could tell her
               D
how she's everything to me,

      C       G       B7    Em
but we're a million worlds apart
    C                              D
and i don't know how i would even start,
             G     D    C
if i could tell her
             G     D    C
if i could tell her

G D C
G D C

 G   D
he  thought
C
you looked really pretty- eh erm,
C
it looked pretty COOL, when you put
  G          D             C
indigo streaks in your hair
    G      D
and he wondered
   C
how you learned to dance like all the 
 G           D         C
rest of the world isn't there

        Em     A7
but he kept it all
   D         (D7)
inside his head
         Em      A7     D
what he saw, he left unsaid

             C   G
if i could tell her
             D        (D7)
tell her everything i see
             C   G
if i could tell her
            D
how she's everything to me,
      C       G       B7     Em
but we're a million worlds apart
    C                              D
and i don't know how i would even start,
             G     D    C
if i could tell her

            Eb
if i could tell her
                Bb                         Eb
but what do you do, when there's this great divide?
                Bb           Eb
(zoey: he just seems so far away...)
                Bb                            F
and what do you do, when the distance is too wide?

(zoey: it's like i don't know anything)
     Bb
and how do you say,
   Eb
i love you
   Eb
i love you
   Eb
i love you
   Eb
i love you

      Eb       Bb     F     Gm
but we're a million worlds apart
     Eb              Bb            F
and i don't know how i would even start
            Bb    F  Gm  Eb
if i could tell her
       Bb   F   Eb
if i could

Uke tab by GoiKira, 20 Oct 2017

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megangoldberg

Tell me what makes you feel truly seen and desired. Tonight, I want to be the one who sees you completely, and explore those desires with a touch that ignites a passion that lingers long after the night is over. f1nd me on megangoldberg_mooo_com change _ to dot

20 May 2024

cassidy_townsend

The strumming pattern is D D U U D U if that's helpful to anyone!!

07 May 2021

sofiaroseplaysuke

So the strumming pattern listed at the beginning doesn't make sense to me, so can someone explain please?

10 Mar 2021

sofiaroseplaysuke

So the strumming pattern listed at the beginning doesn't make sense to me so can someone explain please?

10 Mar 2021

WateringStar

There's a lot of questionable chord choices for this song, but instead of [D7] when it says "but he kept it all inside his head", I've found it way more pleasing to the ear to replace it with [G].
Also, when it says "If I could tell her, tell her everything I see", do [C], [G], [Em], [D] instead of the chords that are written down.
The bridge also doesn't sound 100% right, but I'll test with that another day and come back.
Hope this helped!

30 Sep 2020

fangirluku14

(ur moms bed)

Thank you for this

08 Apr 2020