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Lover Come Back to Me
Words & Music by Oscar Hammerstein II & Sigmund Romberg
Recorded by Nat King Cole, 1945
From "New Moon" 1928
D Em7 A7 D6 F#7 Gdim F#7
The sky was blue and high a - bove
Bm Bm7/E E7/9 E7 E7alt E7
The moon was new, and so was love;
D Em7 A7 D6 A7 D Dalt A6/7/9 A7
This ea -ger heart of mine was sing - ing,
D G G/B A7sus4 A7+5 D A7
"Lov - er, where can you be?"
D Em7 A7 D6 F#7 Gdim F#7
You came at last; love had its day;
Bm Bm7/E E7/9 E7 E7alt E7
That day is past; you've gone a - way.
D Em7 A7 D6 A7 D Dalt A6/7/9 A7
This ach - ing heart of mine is sing - ing,
D G G/B A7sus4 A7+5 D F#7
"Lov - er, come back to me."
Bridge:
Bm F#7 Bm F#7 Em Gdim Bm
I re - mem - ber ev'ry lit - tle thing you used to do;
F# Gdim F#7 C#m7-5
I'm so lone - ly;
Bm F#7 Bm F#7 Em Gdim Bm
Ev'ry road I walk a - long I've walked a - long with you --
E7/9 Em7 A7 Em7 A9
No won - der I am lone - ly.
D Em7 A7 D6 F#7 Gdim F#7
The sky is blue, the night is cold,
Bm Bm7/E E7/9 E7 E7alt E7
The moon is new, but love is old;
Em B+ Em7 Em6 A7 D Bm A6/7/9 A7
And while I'm waiting here, this heart of mine is sing - ing,
D G/B A7sus4 A7+5 D G D
"Lover, come back to me."
Thanks to frequent visitor Mal Ginn for providing the chart on which I based this version.
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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