Sometimes When We Touch Chords by Barry Manilow

[Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _
[Bb] You ask me if I [Eb] love you, [F] and I choke on my [Bb] reply.
[Dm] I'd rather hurt you [Gm] honestly [Gm] [C] than mislead you with [F] a lie.
[Dm]
[Cm] And who am I [Bb] to judge you on what [F] you say [Gm] or do?
[F]
[Eb] I'm only just [Dm] beginning [Cm] to see [Dm] the real [F] you. _
_ [Bb] And sometimes when [Eb] we touch, [F] the honesty is [Dm] too much.
And [Gm] I have to close my [C] eyes and [F] hide.
[Bb] I [Cm] [Bb] want to hold you till I [Eb] die, till [F] we both break [Dm] down and [Cm] cry.
I want to hold you till [Eb] the fear in me [Bb] _
[Fm] subsides.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Bb] Romance in all [Eb] its strategy [F] leaves me battling with [Bb] my pride.
[Dm] But through the [Gm] insecurity, some [C] tenderness [F] survives.
[Cm] I'm just another [F] writer, [Bb] still trapped [F] within [Gm] my [F] truth.
[Eb] A hesitant [Bb] prize fighter, [Cm] still trapped [Bb] within my youth.
_ [F] And [Bb] sometimes when [Eb] we touch, [F] the honesty is [Dm] too much.
And [Gm] I have to close [C] my eyes and [F] hide.
[Bb] [Cm] I [Bb] want to hold you till I [Eb] die, till [F] we both break [Dm] down and cry.
I [Cm] want to hold you till [Eb] the fear in me [Bb] _ _ [Eb] [Bb] subsides.
[Eb] At times I'd like [Gm] to break [F] you and drag [Eb] you to [Dm] your knees.
[Gm] At times I'd like [Dm] to break through [Eb] and hold you [F] endlessly.
[Bb]
At [F] [Bb] times I [Eb] understand you [F] and I know how hard [Bb] you've tried.
[Dm] I've watched while love [Gm] commands you [Bbm] and I've watched [C] love pass [F] you by.
[Cm] At times I think [F] we're drifters [Bb] still searching [F] for [Gm] a [Bb] friend, [Eb] a brother or [Dm] a sister.
But [Cm] then the passion [Bb]
[F] flares again.
_ [Bb] And sometimes when [Eb] we touch, [F] the honesty is too much.
And [Gm] I have to close [C] my eyes and [F] hide.
[Bb] [Cm] I [Bb] want to hold you till I [Eb] die, till [F] we both break [Dm] down and cry.
I [Cm] want to hold you till [Eb] the fear in me [Bb] _ [D] subsides.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _