Words and Music by Barry Mann and Dan Hill

    C            F
You ask me if I love you
       G             C
And I choke on my reply
    Em              Am
I'd rather hurt you honestly
        D               G
Than mislead you with a lie
    Dm7          G
And who am I to judge you
   C               Am   Am7
On what you say or do?
    F            C         Dm7          G     G7
I'm only just beginning to see the real you

     C                F
And sometimes when we touch
     G            Em
The honesty's too much
      Am               D        G     F  Em
And I have to close my eyes and hide
Dm G     C             F
I wanna hold you til I die
        G                  Em
Til we both break down and cry
        Dm7                G             C      C7  F  Em
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

   C                  F
Romance and all its strategy
           G               C
Leaves me battling with my pride
    Em            Am
But through the insecurity
        D           G 
Some tenderness survives
     Dm7         C
I'm just another writer
      Dm7                G
Still trapped within my truth
   F              C
A hesitant prize fighter
       Dm7               G     G7
Still trapped within my youth

     C                 F
And sometimes when we touch
     G            Em
The honesty's too much
      Am                D       G     F  Em
And I have to close my eyes and hide
Dm G    C              F
I wanna hold you til I die
        G                  Em
Til we both break down and cry
        Dm7                G             C     C7  F  Em
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

    G
At times I'd like to break you
                      C 
And drive you to your knees
    Am               Em
At times I'd like to break through
    F               C   G7
And hold you endlessly

    G
At times I understand you 
                           C
And I know how hard you've tried
     Am                 Em
I've watched while love commands you
         F                     C   G7
And I've watched love pass you by

    G
At times I think we're drifters
                       C
Still searching for a friend
   Am           Em
A brother or a sister
     F                       C     G7
But then the passion flares again

     C                F
And sometimes when we touch
     G            Em
The honesty's too much
      Am               D         G    F  Em
And I have to close my eyes and hide
Dm G    C              F
I wanna hold you til I die
        G                  Em
Til we both break down and cry
        Dm7                G            C      C7  F  Fm
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

An F. K. Tab,,, Enjoy