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It's Now Or Never
Words & Music by Aaron Scroeder & Wally GoldRecorded by Elvis Presley, 1960 (#1 for 5 weeks)
Refrain:
A D9 E7-9 AM7 C#m7 F#m Bm7
It's now or never -- come hold me tight.
E Bm7-5 Cdim E7 E7 F#m E7 A
Kiss me, my Darling, be mine tonight.
Dm Cdm(IV) Dm A
To - mor - row will be too late;
A Edim D9 E7 E7/6 D9 Bm7-5 A
It's now or nev - er, my love won't wait.
A E7/6 E7 D9 A A A9 A Fdim D9
When I first saw you, with your smile so ten - der,
E D9 E7 D9 E Cdim E D9 A
My heart was cap - tured, my soul sur - ren - dered.
A E7/6 E7 D9 A A A9 A Fdim D9
I spent a life - time waiting for the right time;
Bm7-5 A E A F#m Bm7-5 E7 Fdim A
Now that you're near the time is here at last.
Repeat Refrain
A E7/6 E7 D9 A A A9 A Fdim D9
Just like a wil - low, we would cry an o - cean
E D9 E7 D9 E Cdim E D9 A
If we lost true love and sweet de - vo - tion.
A E7/6 E7 D9 A A A9 A Fdim D9
Your lips ex - cite me; let your arms in - vite me,
Bm7-5 A E A F#m Bm7-5 E7 Fdim A
For who knows when we'll meet a - gain this way?
Repeat Refrain:
Coda:
A Edim D9 E7 E7/6 D9 Bm7-5 A
It's now or nev - er, my love won't wait.
A Edim D9 E7 E7/6 D9 Bm7-5 A
It's now or nev - er, my love won't wait.
Words and music are traditionally credited to Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold, but the song is so clearly based on "O Sole Mio" by Eduardo Di Capua that one wonders how anyone else could get a compositional credit for it.
Requested by frequent visitor James Andrews.