Everybody Loves A Lover

Words & Music by Robert Allen & Richard Adler
Recorded by Doris Day, 1958 (#6)


D     D6   D  A      A9      A    A9     D     A    Em7   A  Em7  A
Everybod - y loves a lover; I'm a lover, ev' - ry - bod - y loves me.

D   D6   D     A  Em7  A   E7  Edim E7    A  Em7     A          A9   A
Anyhow, that's how I feel; wow, I   feel just like a Pol - ly - an - na

D         D6   D    A      A9  A       A    A9 A  Em7  A    D  DM7   D7
I should wor - ry, not for nothin'  -- everybody loves me, yes they do,

    G  Em7 G/B  Gdim   D   D6 B7          E7      A7       D   Cdim  A7
And I love ev' - ry - bod - y    since I fell in love with you.


D     A7  D            Bm7         A7  Em7  A7                             
Who's the most popular per - son - al - i - ty?

A Em7    A   A7           Em7 A    D   A7  A
I can't help thinkin' it's no one else but me.

D       D6  Bm7                 A7    Em7    A  E7
Gee, I feel just about ten feet tall, havin' a ball,

               A   Em7   A     Em7  D9   A
Guess ya might call me a Pol - ly - an - na.

D         D6   D    A      A9  A       A    A9 A  Em7  A    D  DM7   D7
I should wor - ry, not for nothin'  -- everybody loves me, yes they do,

    G  Em7 G/B  Gdim   D   D6 B7          E7      A7       D   Cdim  A7
And I love ev' - ry - bod - y    since I fell in love with you.



(Verse 3: sing verses 1 and 2 simultaneously in counterpoint,
Merging on the word "Pollyanna" and finishing in harmony)

D         D6   D    A      A9  A       A    A9 A  Em7  A    D  DM7   D7
I should wor - ry, not for nothin'  -- everybody loves me, yes they do,

    G  Em7 G/B  Gdim   D   D6 B7         E7  Em7  A       
And I love ev' - ry - bod - y    since I fell in love with,

E7  Em7  A          E7  Em7  A  Gdim  D
Fell in love with, fell in love with you.

 A   Em7   A    Em7   D9   A7   D
(Call me a Pol - ly - an - na, do)


*Thanks to recent visitor Marion from Holland for the suggestion.


 
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