|
|
She Was Five and He Was Ten
Words & Music by June Barnett, Mario DiNapoli & Sherman FellerRecorded by The Mills Brothers, 1954 (#27)
Edim D9 Cdim E7 She was five and he was ten, Bm7-5 AM7 C#m7-5 F#m Twice as old as she was then Edim D9 Cdim E7 Bm7-5 AM7 C#m7-5 F#m She was much too young for him, in puppy love Edim D9 Cdim E7 As the years went rolling by Bm7-5 AM7/6 C#m7-5 F#m He was fif - teen and quite a guy C#m7-5 Cdim F#m Cdim Bm7-5 E7 But she was ten, still too young for him to love Fdim A7 Edim A7 Gdim And then, as he grew old - er, Edim D6 Fdim D6 He changed his point of view Edim B7 Cdim B7 Cdim Bm7-5 Cdim E When she was sev - en - teen, he was on - ly twenty-two Edim D6 Cdim E7/9 So he fell in love, you see Cdim A E7 C#m7-5 F#7 And it all be - gan when she Cdim D9 Bm7-5 E7/6 Cdim A Was only five and he was ten, in puppy love Fdim A7 Edim A7 Gdim And then, as he grew old - er, Edim D6 Fdim D6 He changed his point of view Edim B7 Cdim B7 Cdim Bm7-5 Cdim E When she was sev - en - teen, he was on - ly twenty-two Edim D6 Cdim E7/9 So he fell in love, you see Cdim A E7 C#m7-5 F#7 And it all be - gan when she Cdim D9 Bm7-5 E7/6 Cdim A D9 Dm6 A Was only five and he was ten in puppy love, pup - py love.
*Once again I'm indebted to my lyrics pal Ron Hontz, first for tipping me off to this song, and for supplying for the lyrics and an audio source, and last but not least for this supplemental information: "This song was the flip side of "The Jones Boy" which made it to #15. Competing version by Judy Valentine peaked at # 21 in late 1953."