Spanish Eyes

Words & Music by Eddie Snyder & Charlie Singleton, Music by Bert Kaempfert*
Recorded by Al Martino, 1966 (#15)


A    D9  E6    E7   A      D9   E7
Blue    Span - ish eyes, 

A               D9    E7   A   F#m  AM7    A   E7
Tear drops are fall - ing from your Span - ish eyes;

E        E7    E7/6  E7
Please, please don't cry, 

E7      E7/6  E7 A7/6  E7   E  E7/9  E7     A  
This is just "a - di - os" and not "good - bye."

A    D9  E6      E7    A    D9   E7
Soon        I'll re - turn 

A             D9  E7  A    D9   A7  Gdim  D9   
Bringing you all the love your heart can hold;

Dm    Dm7 Gdim Dm7-5  A   AM7  F#m
Please    say  "Sí,   sí", 

F#m7  D9          Bm7-5       E7       D9   E7  A    
Say  you and your Span - ish eyes will wait for me


A    D9  E6    E7   A      D9   E7
Blue    Span - ish eyes,

A          D9  E7  A  F#m  AM7   A   E7
Prettiest eyes in all of   Mex - I - co;

E    D9  E7    E7/6  E7
True    Span - ish  eyes, 

E7          E7/6 E7 A7/6  E7  E   E7/9  E7  A
Please smile for me once more be - fore I  go.

A    D9  E6      E7    A    D9   E7
Soon        I'll re - turn 

A             D9  E7  A    D9   A7  Gdim  D9   
Bringing you all the love your heart can hold;

Dm    Dm7 Gdim Dm7-5  A   AM7  F#m
Please    say  "Sí,   sí", 

F#m7  D9          Bm7-5       E7       D9   E7  A   AM7  F#7 
Say  you and your Span - ish eyes will wait for me.


Coda:

D9           Bm7-5       E7        D9  E7  A    D9    A
You and your Span - ish eyes will wait for me.


*Kaempfert originally wrote (and recorded) this song as an instrumental, under the title of "Moon Over Naples" in 1965.


 
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