Bei Mir Bist Du Schön

Words & Music by Jacob Jacobs & Sholom Secunda, 1929
English version by sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin
Recorded by The Andrews Sisters, 1938



Intro Verse:

B7         Em         Am             Cdim         B7
Of all the boys I've known, and I've known some

 Cdim     Em       Am         Cdim         B7
Until I first met you, I was lonesome

    Cdim      Em      B+             A           Am7
And when you came in sight, dear, my heart grew light

         Em         Am           B7
And this old world seemed new to me


B7            Em        Am     Cdim       B7
You're really swell, I have to admit you

Cdim       Em       Am         Cdim      B7
Deserve expressions that really fit you

   Cdim       Em      B+             A           Am7
And so I've racked my brain, hoping to explain

         B7        Cdim       B7
All the things that you do to me


Melody:

B7  Em  Cdim     Em   Am7       Em Cdim    Em     B+
Bei mir bist du schön - please let me explain, 

Em7  B7                                  Em
Bei mir bist du schön means that you're grand.



B7  Em  Cdim    Em      Am7   Em  Cdim    Em     B+
Bei mir bist du schön,      again I'll explain,

Em7  B7                             Em
It means you're the fairest in the land.



Bridge:

    B+        Am      Am+7
I could say, "Bella, bella," 

Am7  Em
Even say "voonderbar."

       B+      Am  Am+7     Cdim
Each language only helps me tell you

B7      Fdim      B7
    How grand you are.



B7   Em   Cdim   Em   Am7    Em  Cdim    Em         B+
I've tried to explain   "bei mir bist du schön,"

Em7 B7                       Em
So kiss me and say you understand.


B7   Em Cdim     Em   
Bei mir bist du schön, 

       Am7      B7     Em      Cdim   Am7       B7
You've heard it all before but let me try to explain

Cdim B7  Cdim     B7         Cdim         Em    B+  Am7  B7
Bei mir  bist du schön means that you're grand

B7  Em Cdim     Em   
Bei mir bist du schön, 

     Am7     B7     Em      Cdim     Am7     B7
It's such an old refrain and yet I should explain

Cdim B7  Cdim  B7     Cdim       Em   Am7   Em 
 It means I am begging for your hand.


Repeat Bridge:


B7   Em   Cdim   Em   Am7    Em  Cdim    Em         B+
I've tried to explain   "bei mir bist du schön,"

Em7 B7                       Em
So kiss me and say you understand.

This chart replaces one that's been here for quite a while...but I hadn't realized how incomplete it was. Thanks to recent visitor Aidan Hodgers for letting me know that there was more of this song out there...and now it's here, too.

And, ever in the slow group, I must have heard this song a hundred times before I realized that the first line was not "My dear Mister Shane."

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.