Changing Partners

Words & Music by Joe Darion & Larry Coleman
Recorded by Patti Page, 1953 (#3


A7      D        A7 D           D7    D7/9 D9   G
We were waltzin' together to a dreamy mel - o - dy

 G/F#     Em                  A7
When they called out "Change partners"

         G       Edim     D
And you waltzed away from me.

A7      D        A7 D           D7    D7/9 D9   G
Now my arms feel so empty as I gaze around the floor,

         Gm      E7        D
And I'll keep on changing partners

        G   Em7 A7    D
Till I hold you once more.


A7           D        A7 D                D7    D7/9 D9   G
Though we danced for one moment, and too soon we had to part,

G/F#     Em                  A7    G       Edim     D
In that wonderful moment somethin' happened to my heart;

A7      D      A7      D                   D7    D7/9 D9   G
So I'll keep changing partners till you're in my arms and then,

       Gm      E7      D            G     Em7  A7   D
Oh, my darlin' I will never change part - ners a - gain.

Page's version of this song, though it never rose above #3 on the charts, still hung around those charts for 19 weeks suring 1953-1953. It scored higher than the versions released by Kay Starr (#7), Dinah Shore (#12) and Bing Crosby (#13.)

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.