Watermelon Weather

Words & Music by Paul Francis Webster & Hoagy Carmichael
Recorded by Perry Como, 1952, with Eddie Fisher*


Cdim  G   G/F#   Em7    A7      G6      D      DM7
It's watermelon weather,   that summer kind of weather, 

      G     G/F#   Em7   G/B      A7      
When people get together     and sing;

Em7  A7   D       DM7      D7            D7/9  D9   G        G/F#
It's the time of year the stars seem to dance with laughter,

         Em       B+       Em7          Em6     A7
And the moon's so big and ripe, it can hardly climb,

 G/B         A7   Em7   A7
Bright as a dime.


Cdim G        G/F#  Em7    A7    G6        D       DM7
 So why don't you meander    to your best girl's veranda,

      G    G/F#  Em7     G/B      A7      
And sorta kinda hand her     the ring?

G/B A7        D          F#m     B7     B7/F#
For it's the sweetheart kissin' season,

             G6    Cdim  G
And all the world's in rhyme,

 G5  A7    D       B7      E7  Gdim  A7    G6   D
When it's water - melon, sweet love tell - in' time.


 A7                 Em7                A7    Em7    A7
This is the time to sing this kind of purdy little ditty

   D                  G                  D
A-walkin' along an' singin' a song an' clinging to someone purdy,

    Em7               A7
The type of a tune to go with the moon 

   Em7           Gdim Em7 A
That's sailin' along a way on high! 
 
Em7   A7   D                    F#m
Af - ter strollin' a while, for maybe a mile, 

  Bm                Bm7/E     E7     B7    
Remember to stop an' pop the ques - tion!

Edim     E                    B+
If your timin' is right, your future is bright, 

     E                  Bm7-5  A7
As bright as a water - melon sky!

     Em7                    A7               
An' then when you found a bench for two, 

     Em7               A7
Fou found your cue to linger 

 D                    Em7
The chance you sought, to show what you bought, 
     
D        Em7       D
You happily thought to bring her,

G                  G/F#
To cinch the thing, you give her the ring, 

    Em7                G/B      A7
You purchased from the five an' dime!

Edim     D                  D7        Cdim      G6  Cdim Gdim
Take her in your arms an' whisper that you are mine all  mine, 

 G   Edim  D                 B7
With that line to sell, I'm here to tell, 

      E       Bm7-5   G/B         A7        D   
That you'll do well in wa - ter - mel - on time!


G/B A7        D          F#m     B7     B7/F#
For it's the sweetheart kissin' season,

             G6    Cdim  G
And all the world's in rhyme,

 G5  A7    D       B7      E7  Gdim  A7    G6   D
When it's water - melon, sweet love tell - in' time.


*Yet another synthesis chart. There are elements of the introduction of this chart (preceeding the section that begins "This is the time to sing this kind of purdy little ditty") that come from a Bing Crosby-Peggy Lee duet which, to my ear, sounds better than the Como-Fisher version which is credited here. However, the Crosby-Lee version omits the uptempo second section that the Como-Fisher uses, and without it, the song is so short it feels like its over in little more than a heartbeat.


 
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