Chords for Steven Sondheim's Passion: I Wish I Could Forget You, Live in The Greene Space

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Would you do me a great favor before you leave?
Would you write a letter for me?
Certainly. _ _ _ _
_ My dearest, _ Fosca. _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ Please.
_ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
My [Bbm] dearest, _ _ _ [F] Fosca. _
_ _ [Am] I wish I [C] could forget _ [Bbm] _ you, _ [A] _ _
[Gb] erase you from [C] my _ [Bbm] _ mind.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Abm] But ever since [Db] I met you, [Bbm] I [Db] find [B] I cannot [F] leave the thought of [C] you _ [Fm] behind.
That [E] doesn't mean I [Bbm] love you.
That doesn't mean I love [Ebm] you.
I wish [Gb] that I could [Ebm] love you.
_ Please.
_ _ [Bb] I know that I've upset [Bbm] you.
_ _ _ [Gbm] I know [Bb] I've been _ _ _ unkind.
[A] _
I [Gbm] wanted you [C] to vanish [Bbm] _
[F] from sight.
But now I see you [Ab] in a [Ab] different light.
_ _ [Ebm] And though I [Bb] cannot love you, _ _
_ [C] I wish that I [Bb] could love _
_ [Ebm] you.
[Ab] _ For now I'm [Bb] seeing _ love _ [Ab] like _ [Fm] none I've ever _ _ known.
_ Love as pure as breath, as permanent [F] as [Eb] death, _
[F] implacable as [Eb] _ stone.
[Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ A [Cm] love that like a [Db] knife has caught into [G] a life I wanted left [Fm] _ alone.
_ [F] _ _ [Fm] _
_ A love I may [Bb] regret, _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ but one I can't [Gb] forget. _ _ _
_ _ _ I don't know how I [Db] let [Bbm] you
_ [F] _ _
[Gb] so far inside [C] my _
[Bbm] mind.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Abm] But there you [C] are, and there [Bbm] you will [Gbm]
stay.
How could I [Db] ever wish you _ [Bb] away?
[Ebm] _ I see now I was blind.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
And [Bbm] should you die [Ebm] tomorrow,
tomorrow's _
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ the thing [Ebm] I _ [Db] see.
_ _ _ [Abm] Your [Bbm] love will live in [Ebm] _ me.
[Bbm] _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] I remain always _ your _ [Bb] Giorgio.
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