The Night We Called It A Day

Words & Music by Tom Adair & Matt Dennis
Recorded by The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, 1943
Vocals by The Pied Pipers with Jo Stafford


A7          Gm7  A7(V) A7  DM7    D6
There was a moon  out  in space,

      A7/6         E7/9    A7/6  D
But a cloud drifted o - ver its face;

    Em7           Gm7 Gdim      D   Bm7
You kissed me and went on your way

     A7      Gdim         D
The night we called it a day.


A7          Gm7  A7(V) A7  DM7    D6
I heard the song   of the spheres 

      A7/6           E7/9   A7/6 D
Like a mi - nor la - ment in my ears;

  Em7         Gm7  Gdim     D   Bm7
I hadn't the heart left to pray 

    A7       Gdim         D
The night we called it a day.



Bridge:


G      A7         D        Gm7       Gdim A7      D
Soft through the dark, the hoot of an owl in the sky;

Gdim F#7       Bm   Bm7    E        Gm7      A7
Sad though his song,    no bluer was he than I.


A7            Gm7   A7(V) A7   DM7    D6
The moon went down, stars were gone,

       A7/6           E7/9 A7/6      D
But the sun did - n't rise with the dawn;

      Em7       Gm7         Gdim
There wasn't a thing left to say

    A7-9  A   A7   Gm7 A7  D6
The night we called it a  day.




 
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