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They Say it's Spring
Words & Music by Marty Clark & Bob Haymes
Recorded by Blossom Dearie, 1957
Intro Verse:
G Cdim C Edim G
When I was young I lived in a world of dreams
G Cdim C Edim G
Of moods and myths and il - lu - sion - ar - y schemes
Em B7
Though now I'm much more grown up
Em B7
I fear that I must own up
D9 A7
To the fact that I'm in doubt of
D9 Am7 D7/9
What the modern cynics shout of.
G G/E Am7 D7 G G/E Am7 Cdim D7
They say it's spring, this feeling light as a feather;
Em Gdim B7 Em Gdim B7
They say this thing, this magic we share together
Am Em C Cdim
Came with the weather, too.
G G/E Am7 D7 G G/E Am7 Cdim D7
They say it's May that's made me daft as a daisy;
Em Gdim B7 B7/F# Em Gdim
It's May, they say, that gave the whole world
B7 Am Em C Cdim
This crazy, heavenly, hazy hue.
Bridge:
F#7 B7
I'm a lark on the wing
F#7 Gdim F#7
I'm the spark of a firefly's fling
Fdim C Am Edim G E7
Yet to me, this must be
C C/B Am7 Am7/G B7 Cdim D7
Something more than a sea - son - al thing.
G G/E Am7 D7 G G/E Am7 Cdim D7
Could it be spring, those bells that I can hear ringing?
Em Gdim B7 B7/F# Em Gdim B7
It may be spring, but when the robins stop singing
Cdim Em B7
You're what I'm clinging to
Edim G G/E Am7 Cdim G G-Fdim C-Cdim G-G/B Am7-Cdim
Though they say it's spring, it's you.
G G/E Am7 D7 G G/E Am7 Cdim D7
If poets sing, that when a heart's sym - pa - thet - ic
Em Gdim B7 B7/F# Em Gdim B7
It's merely spring, then poets plights are pa - thet - ic
Am Em C Cdim
Though I'm poetic too,
G G/E Am7 D7 G G/E Am7 Cdim D7
They say it's spring -- for lovers, there's where the lure is,
Em Gdim B7 B7/F# Em Gdim B7
That evil thing for which Sep - tem - ber the cure is,
Am Em C Cdim
This they are sure is true;
Bridge 2:
F#7 B7
Though I know that it's so
F#7 Gdim F#7
That my fancy may turn in the spring,
Fdim C Am Edim G E7
With the right one in sight
C C/B Am7 Am7/G B7 Cdim D7
One can find a per - pet - u - al thing.
G G/E Am7 D7 G G/E Am7 Cdim D7
Did I need spring to bring the ring that you bought me?
Em Gdim B7 B7/F# Em Gdim B7
Thought it was spring that marvelous day that you caught me,
Cdim Em B7
Darling, I thought we knew,
Edim G G/E Am7 Cdim G G-Fdim C-Cdim G-G/B Am7-Cdim G6
That it wasn't spring, 'twas you.
*Requested by recent visitor Roger Marchese, who also provided a lyric transcription.
Blossom Dearie (and yes, that is her real name) has such a little girl voice and unpretentious delivery that you begin listening to her music with the feeling that you're being set up for a punchline at some point -- but the punchline never comes. I found this song growing on me very quickly, and have sought out a number of her other recordings since hearing this one.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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