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It's De-lovely
Words & Music by Cole Porter
Recorded by Sarah Vaughan, 1952
From the 1936 musical "Red, Hot and Blue"
D D6 Bm7 Em7 A7 Em7 A7 D D6
I feel a sudden urge to sing the kind of ditty that invokes the Spring;
D6 Edim Em A7 Em7 G/B Edim Gdim D
So, control your desire to curse while I cru - ci - fy the verse.
D Cdim Bm7 Em7 Gdim A7 Em7 Cdim A7 D D6
This verse I've started seems to me the "Tin Pan-tithesis" of melody,
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So to spare you all the pain,
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I'll skip the darn thing and sing the refrain.
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The night is young, the skies are clear
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And if you want to go walkin', Dear,
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It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de - love - ly.
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I understand the reason why you're sentimental, 'cause so am I --
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It's de - light - ful, it's de - li - cious, it's de - love - ly.
Bridge:
D G/B D7 Am7 D7 Am7 G D7/9 G/B Am7 G
You can tell at a glance what a swell night this is for ro - mance
G/F# B7 Edim B7 Cdim Em7 G/B A7 A7+5
You can hear Dear Mother Nature murmuring low, "Let yourself go."
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So please be sweet, my chickadee
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And when I kiss ya, just say to me
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"It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delectable, it's delirious,
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It's dilemma, it's de-limit, it's deluxe, it's de-lovely."
*Suggested by recent visitor John Paonessa
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.
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