Why Try To Change Me Now

Words & Music by Joe McCarthy & Cy Coleman
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1959


Em7           A7/6    A7      Dalt D6     F#m7
I'm sen - ti - men - tal so I walk in the rain;

G    G/F#    A7/6   A7       Cdim B7         B7/F#
I've got some hab - its even   I  can't ex - plain.

      G+7   G6  G/B Edim    F#m7           B7
Could start for the corner, and end up in Spain --

Em7        A7/6   A7 D6    B7
Why try to change me now?


Em7       A7/6    A7              Dalt   D6     F#m7
I sit and day - dream -- I've got day - dreams galore.

G   G/F#        A7/6   A7            Cdim B7     B7/F#
Ci - ga - rette ash  - es, there they go  on the floor.

G+7    G6  G/B        Edim    F#m7        B7
Go a - way weekends, leave my keys in the door --

Em7        A7/6   A7  D6   
Why try to change me now?

(Bridge)
Am          D7 Cdim     G6        E7
Why can't I be more conventional?
 
       Am7            D7   Cdim  G6
People talk and they stare, so I try.

D9             E       A  C#m7-5       F#m7
But that can't be, because   I  can't see
 
    Bm7             E7          Em7       Em9/A
My strange little world just go passing me by.


    Em7      A7/6   A7             Dalt   D6      F#m7
So let people won - der,   let 'em laugh, let 'em frown;

G   G/F#      A7/6 A7           Cdim   B7     B7/F#
You know I'll love you till the moon's upside down.

G+7    G6   G/B    Edim   F#m7               B7
Don't you remember  I was  al - ways your clown?

Em7        A7/6   A7  D6   
Why try to change me now?

(Repeat Bridge)

G+7    G6   G/B    Edim  F#m7            B7
Don't you remember I was al - ways your clown?
Em7         A7/6  A7      F#7                    B7
Why try to change me --   Why would you want to change me?

Em7        A7/6   A7  D6    
Why try to change me now?


*Suggested by, and adapted from a chart provided by, recent visitor Mike Walshe


 
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