(from "Dear Evan Hansen" soundtrack)


[Intro]
 
G
 
[Verse]
 
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
             Em       D
tell her everything i see
             C   G
if i could tell her
               Em       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
 
[Bridge]
 
G D C
G D C
 
[Verse]
 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
 
[Chorus]
             C   G
if i could tell her
             Em        D
tell her everything i see
             C   G
if i could tell her
            Em          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
 
[Outro]
      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
              [EVAN:]
He thought you were... awesome.

[ZOE:]
He thought I was awesome? My brother?

[EVAN:]
Definitely!

[ZOE:]
How?

[EVAN:]
Well...

He said
There's nothing like your smile
Sort of subtle and perfect and real
He said
You never knew how wonderful
That smile could make someone feel

And he knew
Whenever you get bored
You scribble stars on the cuffs of your jeans
And he noticed
That you still fill out the quizzes
That they put in those teen magazines

But he kept it all inside his head
What he saw he left unsaid
And though he wanted to
He couldn't talk to you
He couldn't find the way
But he would always say

If I could tell her
Tell her everything I see
If I could tell her
How she's everything to me
But we're a million worlds apart
And I don't know how I would even start
If I could tell her
If I could tell her

[ZOE:]
Did he say anything else?

[EVAN:]
A..about you?

[ZOE:]
Never mind, I don't really care anyways..

[EVAN:]
No, no, no..just, no, no..he said..he said so many things, I'm just..I'm trying to remember the best ones. So, um..

He thought
You looked really pretty, er..
It looked pretty cool when you put indigo streaks in your hair

[ZOE:]
He did?

[EVAN:]
And he wondered how you learned to dance
Like all the rest of the world isn't there

But he kept it all inside his head
What he saw he left unsaid

If I could tell her
Tell her everything I see
If I could tell her
How she's everything to me

[EVAN & ZOE:]
But we're a million worlds apart

[EVAN:]
And I don't know how I would even start
If I could tell her

If I could tell her
But what do you do when there's this great divide?

[ZOE:]
He just seemed so far away

[EVAN:]
And what do you do when the distance is too wide?

[ZOE:]
It's like I don't know anything

[EVAN:]
And how do you say
I love you?
I love you
I love you
I love you

But we're a million worlds apart
And I don't know how I would even start
If I could tell her
If I could              
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