The One I Love

(Belongs to Somebody Else)

Words & Music by Gus Kahn & Isham Jones
Recorded by Julie London*, 1958


    D6     Em7    F#m     B7        E9   Edim  E7
The one I love belongs to somebody else,

    Em7       G/B    A7       A7+5       D
She means her tender songs for somebody else.

    Em7   A7     G/B     A7    Em7   A7
And even when I have my arms around her,

  E         Edim         E7        Cdim      A7
I know her thoughts are strong for somebody else.


    D6      Em7    F#m     B7        E9   Edim  E7
The hands I hold belong to somebody else;

  Em7        G/B     A7       C       B7
I bet they're not so cold to somebody else.

      Em7    F#m7  Gm7        A7
It's tough to be alone on the shelf...

      D        C      B7
It's worse to fall in love by yourself.


First Time:

     Em7   A7     G/B     A9      D6     Fdim   Em7 Edim
The one I love belongs to somebody else.



Last Time:

     Em7   A7     G/B     A9      D6     Fdim   Em7   Gdim   D
The one I love belongs to somebody else.


*Yes, I know...the lyric version I'm using isn't the one Julie sang. Musically, I enjoy her 1958 recording more than others I've heard, and I've always been a sucker for that smokey, sultry voice; but I'm using the original lyrics. I think.


 
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