All The Way

Words & Music by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1957 (#15)*


C      Fdim   C        C/B      Am7    Fdim     E7       A9      D9
When somebody loves you it's no good unless he loves you all the way,

G    Cdim   Dm7       G7      G/B     Edim      G7               
Happy to be near you when you need someone to cheer you, 

C9   C   Gm7   C7
All the way.

F                G      Bm7-5      
Taller than the tallest tree is -- 

E7                    Am(V) G#m(IV)  Cm7-5
That's how it's got to feel.

F                G7      Gdim
Deeper than the deep blue sea is -- 

Am                 Am7   D7    Dm7-5  G7
That's how deep it goes, if its real.


C      Fdim   C        C/B      Am7    Fdim     E7       A9      D9
When somebody needs you it's no good unless he needs you all the way;

G           Cdim     Dm7       G7      G/B    Edim   G7
Through the good or lean years and for all the in between years, 

C9    C   Gm7   C7
Come what may.

F                   G        Bm7-5
Who know where the road will lead us?  

E       E7        Am
Only a fool would say

Fm  C         Am      C      C/B       Em             A7
But if you'll let me love you it's for sure I'm gonna love you 

F    G  Em7  A7  Dm7 G7   C
All the way,     all the way.

* Though this song never rose above #15 in popularity -- remember, rock and roll was in its infancy but already dominating music -- it did remain on the charts for 30 weeks, and become one of only 12 million-sellers. The same score was used when the song was re-recorded in 1963.

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.