The Twelfth of Never

Words & Music by Paul Webster & Jerry Livingston
Recorded by Johnny Mathis, 1957 (#9)


     D        DM7    G      G/F#    Em7 G/B    D
You ask how much I need you -- must I     explain? 

  A7       Edim A7  D      D6  G   D     D6      A7
I need you, oh  my darling,   like roses   need rain.

Em7  A7 Em7  A7        D       D6  G    D    D6     A7
You ask how long I'll love you,   I'll tell     you true -- 

Edim  G      G/F#       Em7  G/B        G       Em7     D
Un - til the Twelfth of Nev - er, I'll still be loving you.



Bridge:

 A   A7    D     Bm  G     A7    D
Hold   me close,    never let me go; 

F#7      Bm  Bm7/E  G       G/F#      Em7    A7
Hold me close,     melt my heart like April snow.


      D        DM7      G       G/F#    Em7 G/B     D
I'll love you 'til the bluebells     forget    to bloom, 

      A7      Edim A7  D      D6  G   D   D6      A7
I'll love you 'til the clover    has lost its perfume, 

Em7  A7   Em7  A7       D    D6  G   D  D6  A7
I'll love you 'til the poets    run out of rhyme,

Edim  G      G/F#       Em7  G/B      G       Em7         D
Un - til the Twelfth of Nev - er and that's a long, long time.



Coda:

Edim  G      G/F#       Em7  G/B Em7  G    Em7 Gdim  A7/6   D6
Un - til the Twelfth of Nev - er and that's a  long, long time.



 
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