Let Me Love You Tonight

Words & Music by Mitchell Parish & Rene Touzet
Recorded by Dean Martin, 1962


E7/9 E7 AM7/6       AM7
Let  me love you tonight,

E7/9    F#m          Cdim    AM7  D9 BbM7    AM7
Let  me tell you how much I adore all your charms;

  E7   D9   AM7         Bm7
Though you leave me to - mor - row,

    Fdim             AM7      Fdim  E7
For this night we'll bor - row a   love song.

E7/9 E7 E7/9       Bm7
Let  me love you tonight

F#7    Bm            Bm7/E Cdim    E7    D9    BbM7  Bm7
Let me thrill to the touch of your shel - ter - ing arms

E        D9          E       Bm7-5        E         AM7
Til the scent of the roses caresses and closes your eyes



E7/9 E7 AM7/6       AM7
Let  me kiss you tonight

E7/9      D9           AM7 E7/6    AM7
While the stars in the sky give a heavenly light

E7      AM7       Cdim 
So when love is an em - ber 

    A7            Bm7-5            D9  
My heart will re - mem - ber this sight

F#m    Dalt        D6  F#m7  Bm     Cdim        AM7  F#7
Live a lifetime of love in a moment holding me tight

Cdim    E7      D9      Bm7-5 E7     Fdim        AM7
Then forget me, Darling, only let me love you tonight.


(Instrumental Interlude: first four lines of verse 2)


F#m    Dalt        D6  F#m7  Bm     Cdim        AM7  F#7
Live a lifetime of love in a moment holding me tight

Cdim    E7      D9      Bm7-5 E7     Fdim        AM7   F#7  D9
Then forget me, Darling, only let me love you tonight,

       E7/9       AM7   F#7  D9        E7/9       AM7   
Let me love you tonight         let me love you tonight



 
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