Until The Real Thing Comes Along

Words & Music by Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin & L. E. Freeman
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1984


    A                   E7
I'd work for you, I'd slave for you,

         F#7
I'd be a beggar or a knave for you;

       Dalt        D       Dm+7         Dm6
And if that isn't love, it will have to do

A          F#m               D9   E7
Until the real thing comes along.


A                   E7
I'd gladly move the earth for you

    F#7
To prove my love, dear, and its worth for you;

   Dalt        D            Dm+7    Dm6
If that isn't love, it will have to do

  A       D9         E7/6  E7    A   G#7
Until the real thing comes a - long


Bridge:

C#                       G#7
With all the words, dear, at my command

   F#                 C#
I just can't make you understand

C#                             G#7
I'll always love you, darling, come what may

    C#                   E7
My heart is yours, what more can I say?


        A                  E7
I would cry for you, even sigh for you,

 F#7
Tear the stars down from the sky for you

   Dalt        D          Dm+7    Dm6
If that isn't love, it'll have to do

  F         E7        D9  BM7   A         
Until the real thing comes a - long. 


        A                E7
I would walk on burning coals for you,

F#7
I would drive the Chrysler, leave the Rolls for you

   Dalt        D          Dm+7    Dm6
If that isn't love, it'll have to do

  F         E7        D9  BM7   A         
Until the real thing comes a - long.


        A               E7
I would try to hit high C for you,

F#7
I'd even punch out Mister T for you,

   Dalt        D          Dm+7    Dm6
If that isn't love, it'll have to do

  F         E7        D9  BM7   A         
Until the real thing comes a - long.



Bridge 2:

C#                                 G#7
There's not a thing that you can't ask of me --

   F#             G#7
Go on, demand any task from me

C#                      G#7
You want the moon for a lavalier?

C#                             E7
All you've got to do is nibble on my ear.



A                                  E7
I would rob, steal, beg borrow and lie for you

F#7
Lay my little body down and die for you,

   Dalt        D       Dm+7      Dm6
If that ain't love, if that ain't love,

    A          A7          D9    Dm7-5
If that ain't love, it'll have to  do

            E   E7    E7+5      A         
Until the real thing comes a - long.




 
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