We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)

Words & Music by Dick Robertson & Sammy Mysels
Recorded by The Ink Spots, 1940 (#1)


Intro;  A  Edim  E7  

Cdim  A   F#m               Dm   Dm6
 We three,   we're all a - lone

A         AM7  C#m7 C#7  F#7   
Liv - ing in a mem - o - ry

   D       B7     E7        Bm7-5 Cdim A    Edim   E7
My e - cho,   my sha - dow,        and me


Cdim  A   F#m               Dm   Dm6
 We three,     we're not a crowd

A        AM7      C#m7 C#7  F#7   
We're not e - ven com - pa - ny

   D       B7     E7        Bm7-5 Cdim A
My e - cho,   my sha - dow,       and me


      D9          E7               Bm7            E7
What good is the moon - light, the sil - ver - y moon - light,

      A6   Cdim  A6   A
That shines a - bove?

   D9  D6/9    B7            D9  D6/9    B7
I walk with my sha - dow, I talk with my e - cho, 

    Bm7-5        Cdim    E7
But where is the girl I love?


Cdim  A   F#m               Dm   Dm6
We three,     will wait for you

A        AM7    C#m7  C#7  F#7
E - ven 'til e - ter - ni - ty

   D       B7     E7        Bm7-5 Cdim A
My e - cho,    my sha - dow,       and me.

Suggested by frequent visitor Joe Burke.

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