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Did You Know? Jim Croce wrote I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song for his wife Ingrid. She retells the story of how it came about -
'One weekend, after being on the road for many months, Jim got a chance to come home to relax with his family. We settled in to enjoy our time alone together. Though Jim was expecting company the next day, avoiding confrontation he never told me that we were to be joined by an entire film crew! The next morning, 15 people from Acorn Productions descended upon our house to record a promotional film of Jim Croce at Home on the Farm. I prepared breakfast, lunch and dinner for the whole film crew and after the group left, I questioned Jim about our finances. After a year and a half of his working so very hard on the road, we were barely making ends meet, but Jim wouldn't talk about it. He hated questions as much as he hated confrontation, especially about money. He stormed out of our bedroom and went down to the kitchen table to brood. The next morning he woke me gently by singing his new song. 'Every time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong. So I'll have to say "I love you" in a song'
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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Blue Pick
Most Advanced Rhythm: Oranage Pick (finger picking)
Most Advanced Chord Change: Blue Pick (Orange when played with open chords only)
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I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song Chords And Strumming, Jim Croce
Open Chords: (Capo fret 2)
Open G∆7 chord
Open C chord
Open C#dim
Open Bm7
Open B7
Open Am chord
Open Em chord
Open D chord
Strumming:
"Straight 8s": |D D D D D D D D |
or
"Everyman": |D D U U D U |
Tempo: 133 bpm Key: A
Intro -
||G∆7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Am - - - |C - D - || x2
Verse 1 -
||G∆7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Am - - - |D - - - || x2
|C - - - |C#dim - - - |B7 - - - |Em - C - |
|G∆7 - - - |D - - - |C - - - |G∆7 - - - |
Well, I (G∆7)know it's kind of (Bm7)late (Am) I hope I didn't (D)wake you
But what I (G∆7)gotta say can't (Bm7)wait (Am) I know you'd under(D)stand
(C) 'Cause ev'ry time I (C#dim)tried to tell you the (B7)words just came out (Em)wrong (C)
So I'll (G∆7)have to say I (D)love you in a (C)song (G∆7)
Verse 2 -
||G∆7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Am - - - |D - - - || x2
|C - - - |C#dim - - - |B7 - - - |Em - C - |
|G∆7 - - - |D - - - |C - - - |G∆7 - - - |
Yeah, I (G∆7)know it's kind of s(Bm7)trange (Am) but ev'ry time I'm (D)near you
I just (G∆7)run out of things to (Bm7)say (Am) I know you'd under(D)stand
(C) 'Cause ev'ry time I (C#dim)tried to tell you the (B7)words just came out (Em)wrong (C)
So I'll (G∆7)have to say I (D)love you in a (C)song (G∆7)
Intro -
||G∆7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Am - - - |C - D - || x2
Verse 3 -
|C - - - |C#dim - - - |B7 - - - |Em - C - |
|G∆7 - - - |D - - - |C - - - |G∆7 - - - |
(C) Cause ev'ry time the (C#dim)time was right all the (B7)words just came out (Em)wrong (C)
So I'll (G∆7)have to say I (D)love you in a (C)song (G∆7)
Verse 4 -
||G∆7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Am - - - |D - - - || x2
|C - - - |C#dim - - - |B7 - - - |Em - C - |
|G∆7 - - - |D - - - |C - - - |G∆7 - - - |
Yeah, I (G∆7)know it's kind of (Bm7)late (Am) I hope I didn't (D)wake you
But there's (G∆7)something that I just gotta (Bm7)say (Am)I know you'd under(D)stand
(C) 'Cause ev'ry time I (C#dim)tried to tell you the (B7)words just came out (Em)wrong (C)
So I'll (G∆7)have to say I (D)love you in a (C)song (G∆7)
Intro -
||G∆7 - - - |Bm7 - - - |Am - - - |C - D - || x2
Final Chord Strum: G∆7
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Blue Pick Level - Strumming
I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song Chords And Strumming, Jim Croce
Open Chords:
Open A∆7 chord
Open E & E7 chords
Open D, Dm & D#dim chords: xx1212
Barre Chords:
Barre C#m & C#7
Barre Bm
Barre F#m
Strumming:
"Straight 8s": |D D D D D D D D |
or
"Everyman": |D D U U D U |
Tempo: 133 bpm Key: A
Intro -
||A∆7 - - - |C#m - - - |Bm - - - |Dm - E7 - || x 2
Verse 1 -
||A∆7 - - - |C#m - - - |Bm - - - |E - - - || x 2
|D - - - |D#dim - - - |C#7 - - - |F#m - D - |
|A∆7 - - - |E - - - |D - - - |A∆7 - - - |
Well, I (A∆7)know it's kind of (C#m)late (Bm) I hope I didn't (E)wake you
But what I (A∆7)gotta say can't (C#m)wait (Bm) I know you'd under(E)stand
(D) 'Cause ev'ry time I (D#dim)tried to tell you the (C#7)words just came out (F#m)wrong (D)
So I'll (A∆7)have to say I (E)love you in a (D)song (A∆7)
Verse 2 -
||A∆7 - - - |C#m - - - |Bm - - - |E - - - || x 2
|D - - - |D#dim - - - |C#7 - - - |F#m - D - |
|A∆7 - - - |E - - - |D - - - |A∆7 - - - |
Yeah, I (A∆7)know it's kind of s(C#m)trange (Bm) but ev'ry time I'm (E)near you
I just (A∆7)run out of things to (C#m)say (Bm) I know you'd under(E)stand
(D) 'Cause ev'ry time I (D#dim)tried to tell you the (C#7)words just came out (F#m)wrong (D)
So I'll (A∆7)have to say I (E)love you in a (D)song (A∆7)
Intro -
||A∆7 - - - |C#m - - - |Bm - - - |Dm - E7 - || x 2
Verse 3 -
|D - - - |D#dim - - - |C#7 - - - |F#m - D - |
|A∆7 - - - |E - - - |D - - - |A∆7 - - - |
(D) Cause ev'ry time the (D#dim)time was right all the (C#7)words just came out (F#m)wrong (D)
So I'll (A∆7)have to say I (E)love you in a (D)song (A∆7)
Verse 4 -
||A∆7 - - - |C#m - - - |Bm - - - |E - - - || x 2
|D - - - |D#dim - - - |C#7 - - - |F#m - D - |
|A∆7 - - - |E - - - |D - - - |A∆7 - - - |
Yeah, I (A∆7)know it's kind of (C#m)late (Bm) I hope I didn't (E)wake you
But there's (A∆7)something that I just gotta (C#m)say (Bm)I know you'd under(E)stand
(D) 'Cause ev'ry time I (D#dim)tried to tell you the (C#7)words just came out (F#m)wrong (D)
So I'll (A∆7)have to say I (E)love you in a (D)song (A∆7)
Intro -
||A∆7 - - - |C#m - - - |Bm - - - |Dm - E7 - || x 2
Final Chord Strum: A∆7
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Blue Pick Level - Fingerpicking
I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song Chords And Fingerpicking, Jim Croce
Open Chords:
Open A∆7 chord
Open E & E7 chords
Open D, Dm & D#dim chords: xx1212
Barre Chords:
Barre C#m & C#7
Barre Bm
Barre F#m
Tempo: 133 bpm Key: A
Intro -
Verse 1 -
Well, I (A∆7)know it's kind of (C#m)late (Bm) I hope I didn't (E)wake you
But what I (A∆7)gotta say can't (C#m)wait (Bm) I know you'd under(E)stand
(D) 'Cause ev'ry time I (D#dim)tried to tell you the (C#7)words just came out (F#m)wrong (D)
So I'll (A∆7)have to say I (E)love you in a (D)song (A∆7)
Verse 2 -
Yeah, I (A∆7)know it's kind of s(C#m)trange (Bm) but ev'ry time I'm (E)near you
I just (A∆7)run out of things to (C#m)say (Bm) I know you'd under(E)stand
(D) 'Cause ev'ry time I (D#dim)tried to tell you the (C#7)words just came out (F#m)wrong (D)
So I'll (A∆7)have to say I (E)love you in a (D)song (A∆7)
Intro -
Verse 3 -
(D) Cause ev'ry time the (D#dim)time was right all the (C#7)words just came out (F#m)wrong (D)
So I'll (A∆7)have to say I (E)love you in a (D)song (A∆7)
Verse 4 -
Yeah, I (A∆7)know it's kind of (C#m)late (Bm) I hope I didn't (E)wake you
But there's (A∆7)something that I just gotta (C#m)say (Bm)I know you'd under(E)stand
(D) 'Cause ev'ry time I (D#dim)tried to tell you the (C#7)words just came out (F#m)wrong (D)
So I'll (A∆7)have to say I (E)love you in a (D)song (A∆7)
Intro -
Final Chord Strum: A∆7
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I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song Videos
I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song Lyrics
Well, I know it's kind of late
I hope I didn't wake you
But what I gotta say can't wait
I know you'd understand
'Cause 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
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 know you'd understand
'Cause 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
'Cause 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 gotta say
I know you'd understand
'Cause 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
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