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My Heart Cries for You
Words & Music by Carl Sigman & Percy FaithRecorded by Guy Mitchell*, 1951 (#2
G Em7 Am7 D7
If you're in Arizona, I'll fol - low you;
Am7 D7 G Gdim G
If you're in Minnesota, I'll be there, too.
D7 G G7 CM7 Am
You'll have a million chances to start anew,
Edim G Am7 D7 G D7
Because my love is end - less for you.
Refrain:
G E7 Am7/9 D7 Am7/9 D7 G9 G
My heart cries for you, sighs for you, dies for you;
G E7 Am7/9 D7 Am7/9 D7 Cdim G D7
And my arms long for you -- please come back to me.
G Em7 Am7 D7
An unimportant quarrel was what we had;
Am7 D7 G Gdim G
We have to learn to live with the good and bad.
D7 G G7 CM7 Am
Together we were happy, apart we're sad --
Edim G Am7 D7 G D7
This loneliness is dri - ving me mad.
Repeat Refrain:
Am7/9 D7 Cdim G E7
Please come back to me
Am7/9 D7 Cdim Am7 Cdim D7 Cdim G
Please come back, come back, come back to me.
*In the pre-rock era, if a song became a hit, it spawned "me-too" versions aiming to capitalize on the original's success -- and this song is one of the best examples you can imagine. Mitchell's version out-scored renditions by Dinah Shore (#3), Vic Damone (#4), Jimmy Wakely (12), Bill Farrell (#18), Al Morgan (#24), Evelyn Knight & Red Foley (#28), and Victor Young (#29) -- all within six months of each other. But this one wasn't through yet. Ray Charles re-discovered it in 1964 (#38) and Connie Francis covered it yet again three years later (#118).