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A Room Without Windows
Words & Music by Ervin M. Drake
Recorded by Steve Lawrence, 1964 (#120)
From the Broadway show "What Makes Sammy Run?"
A E7/6 E7 Esus4 A Bm7-5 A E7/6 E7 Esus4 A
A room with - out win - dows, a room with - out doors,
A E7/6 E7 Esus4 A A+5 F#m Edim E7
A room where no guy but I can spy the charms that are yours;
Esus4 E7 D D+5
Like be - ing ma - rooned on an is - land
Dm6 Dm+7 Dm6 Dm+7 A
Far from civ - i - lized shores,
Bm7-5 E7sus4 Bm7-5 Cdim Bm7-5 A6 A E7
You and me in a room with - out win - dows,
E7/6 E7sus4 E7 A
A room with - out doors.
A E7/6 E7 Esus4 A Bm7-5 A E7/6 E7 Esus4 A
No bells will be ringing, no tel - e - phone calls
A E7/6 E7 Esus4 A A+5 F#m Edim E7
In our lit - tle well-se - clu - ded cell of ceil - ing and walls;
Esus4 E7 D D+5
While doz - ens of males sit 'n' chew their nails
Dm6 Dm+7 Dm6 Dm+7 A
And hate me be - cause
Bm7-5 E7sus4 Bm7-5 Cdim Bm7-5 A6 A E7
I am yours in a room with - out win - dows,
E7/6 E7sus4 E7 A D9 Bm7-5 A
A room with - out doors.
Bridge:
F#m F#m+7 F#m7 Em7-5 C#7
If they said "Friend, how would you like to spend
F#m Bm7 C#7
The long here - af - ter?"
Em D9 B+ B7 Em B7 Em B+ Em7 Em6 A
I'd tell them what we're af - ter is a one-way tick - et to
A E7/6 E7 Esus4 A Bm7-5 A E7/6 E7 Esus4 A
A room with - out key - holes, a room with no view
A E7/6 E7 Esus4 A A+5 F#m Edim E7
We'd like to re - side there, hide there for an er - a or two
Esus4 E7 D D+5
Com - plete - ly wrapped up in each oth - er
Dm6 Dm+7 Dm6 Dm+7 A
While the whole world ig - nores
Bm7-5 E7sus4 Bm7-5 Cdim Bm7-5 A6 A E7
You and me in a room with - out win - dows,
E7/6 E7sus4 E7 A
A room with - out doors.
Requested by recent visitor Ian Reoch.
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