Cherish What Is Dear To You Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][C][G][D][Em][C][G][Em][D]
[G][Em][G][Em][D][G]
[Em][D]
[G]Cherish

[Verse 1]
what is [D]dear to you while [Em]it's near to you
Don't [C]wait till it's [G]gone
Cherish (what is) what's [D]dear to
you while it's [Em]near to you
Don't [Am]wait till [C]it's [D]gone
When [G]I was

[Verse 2]
a baby,
[C]mama [D]rocked me in [C]her [G]arms whenever [Em]I cried
[G]She picked me up when [Em]life [D]knocked me
She [G]was always there by [Em]my s[D]ide[Em]
She said [G]one,
one day [A]there'll be a man in your [C]life
To take the place [D]of a mother
[G]Now he, he'll give [A]you joy, a [C]happy life
But [D]swear by this advice
[G]Cherish

[Verse 3]
what is [D]dear to you
while it's [Em]near to you
Don't [C]wait till it's gone
[G]Cherish [D](what is) what's dear to
you while it's [Em]near to you
Don't [Am]wait till it's [C]gone[D][C]
[D]I s[G]trayed away

[Verse 4]
from mama's [Em]ad v[G]ice
[C]And [G]lost the only man in [C]my [D]life[C]
[G]I never gave enough of my [Em]self[G]
So he [C]found [G]love with
some[Em]body [G]else
[D]Now my lover is [A]gone
[C]'Cause I drove him to [D]the
arms of another love
I lost a [A]love, was warm and tender[C],
'cause I [D]failed to remember
[G]Cherish

[Verse 5]
(what is) what's [D]dear to
you while it's [Em]near to you
Don't [Am]wait till it's [D]gone[G]
Cherish (what is) what's [D]dear to
you while it's [Em]near to you
Don't [Am]wait till [C]it's [D]gone[C]

[Interlude 1]
[C][D][G][D][G][Em][G][Em][D][G][Em]
[G][D][A]
[C][D][A][C][D][G][Em]
[D][G][D][Em][D][G][D][G][D][G][C][D]
[G]Cherish

[Verse 6]
what is [D]dear to you
while it's [Em]near to you
[C]Don't wait till it's [G]gone
Cherish (what is) what's [D]dear to
you while it's [Em]near to you
[Am]Don't wait [D]till it's [G]gone
Cherish [D](what is) what's dear
to you while it's [Em]near to you
Don't [Am]wait till it's [D]gone
[G]Cherish (what is) what's [D]dear to
you while it's [Em]near to you
Don't wait till it's gone