Hummin' To Myself

Words & Music by Herbert Magidson, Monte Siegal & Sammy Fain
Recorded by Connie Boswell, 1932

Intro verse:

Calt    Cdim      Dm6        G7
 I am a singer of love songs, 

C     Calt  C  Am      Am7alt Fdim(III) Fdim
Songs that are hap - py  and     gay.

     G        G6  Bm7-55 Asus4 Am     Am+7
But how can I sing  my   love songs?  

D7/9 D9alt        D9 D7/9   G7   
 My   lov - er's gone  a - way.


Melody:

Am           Am/G       F7            E7
I've got the words, and I've got the tune,

Am          Fdim     Dm7 D7sus4 Dm7  E7
I've been rehearsing un -  der  the moon,

        Amalt  Cdim    F7       E7
But I've got nobody to hear my song

       F7      E  E7    Am
So I'm hummin' to my - self.


Am           Am/G   F7              E7
I've got the place,   I've got the time,

Am       Fdim     Dm7 D7sus4 Dm7  E7
I've got a lot of love words that rhyme,

        Amalt  Cdim    F7       E7
But I've got nobody to hear my song,

       F7      E  E7    Am
So I'm hummin' to my - self.


Bridge:

Am7      D9      Gdim    D7
Mmm  -   mmm  -  mmm  -  mmm

G6         Am7 Am7-5   G6  G/F#
I guess it just had to be.

E7       A7     E7/9     A7
Mmm  -   mmm  -  mmm  -  mmm

Fdim(III) G    Dm     Dm6 G
   Won't someone listen to me?


Am            G        Dm7           E7
I've got the words and I've got the tune;

Am           Fdim    Dm7 D7sus4 Dm7  E7
I'd like to croon it un  - der  the moon,

        Amalt  Cdim    F7       E7
But I've got nobody to hear my song

       F7      E  E7    Am
So I'm hummin' to my - self.


Adapted from a chart provided to me by John Moulton who also requested the song. Another recent adaptation of this song was done by Linda Ronstadt, who returned to the genre she so delightfully visited in the early-to-mid 1980s.


 
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