If I Can't Love Her by: Alan Menken (Music) and Tim Rice (Lyrics)
From the musical Beauty And The Beast
Intro:
C Am F C/G G C
Am
And in my twisted face
C/G
There's not the slightest trace
F F/G G
Of anything that even hints of kindness
Eb B
And from my tortured shape
Cm
No comfort, no escape
Fm Gsus G
I see, but deep within is utter blindness
Em Bb
Hopeless
C/Bb F/A C/G
As my dream dies
F
As the time flies
C/E Dm/F Em/G F/A G/B
Love a lost illusion
Em A#
Helpless
C/Bb F/A C/G
Unforgiven
F C/E
Cold and driven
Dm/F Em/G F/A G
To this sad conclusion
C- Dm C/E F
No beauty could move me
C/G F/A G/B C G/B
No goodness improve me
Am Dm C/E F F F/A
No power on earth, if I can't love
G/B F/A G/B
her
C- Dm7 C/E F
No passion could reach me
C/G F/A G/B C G/B
No lesson could teach me
Am Dm7 C/E F Am Em Bb
How I could have loved her and make her love me too
F/A Fm/Ab G Am
If I can't love her, then who?
Am (Here you could be playing he NOTES E and D 8th notes)
Am Dm/A G Em Am
Long ago I should have seen
Am Dm/A G Em Am
All the things I could have been
Bb F/A Bb C Gm7 Asus
Careless and unthinking, I moved onward
A
F#m C D/C
G/B D/A
G6/9 D/F#
Em/G F#m/A G/B A/C#
D- Em7 D/F# G7 G
No pain could be deeper
D/A G/B A/C# D A/C#
No life could be cheaper
Bm Em7 D/F# G G G/B
No point anymore, if I can't love
A/C# G/B A/C#
her
F Gm7 F/A-A#
No spirit could win me
F/C A#/D C/E F C/E
No hope left within me
Dm Gm7 F/A A# Dm- Am-D#
Hope I could have loved her and that she'd set me free
A#/D A#m6/C#
But it's not to be
F/C C7sus C7 A#/C C
If I can't love her
Gm/C Am/C A#/C Am/C A#/C
Let the world be done
with
F C#
me.
Ending Chord: F
F
