You Fascinate Me So

Words & Music by Carolyn Leigh & Cy Coleman
Recorded by Blossom Dearie, 1959


CM7        G             CM7             Em7          Fdim    C  Dm7  G7
I have a feeling that beneath the little halo on your noble head,

CM7            Em7              CM7             Em7           G#7 
There lies a thought or two the devil might be interested to know;

G#7             Cm          G#7             Cm              Gdim     G#7
You're like the finish of a novel that I'll finally have to take to bed,

G   Edim  G7    G   G7 CM7
You fas - ci - nate me so.


CM7           G            CM7             Em7          Fdim     C Dm7 G7
I feel like Christopher Columbus when I'm near enough to contemplate

CM7        Em7          CM7              Em7             G#7 
The sweet geography descending from your eyebrow to your toe;

G#7      Cm            G#7             Cm         Gdim        G#7
The possibilities are more than I can possibly e - nu - mer - ate --

G              Edim  G7    G   G7 CM7
That's why you fas - ci - nate me so.


   G           G9       Fdim     Fm
So ser - mon - ize and preach to me,

CM7/6  CM7 CM7/6 CM7  Cdim           Edim        Dm7     G7
Make  your sanc - ti - mon - i - ous lit - tle speech to me.


CM7       G              CM7        Em7      Fdim     C    Dm7 G7
But oh my darling you forgive my inability to concentrate;

CM7        Em7            CM7                Em7           G#7 
I think I'm dealing with a powderkeg that's just about to blow.

G#7            G#m7            CM7/6     Cdim    CM7/6       Edim 
Will the end result deflate me,  or  will you an - ni - hi - late me?

 F   G   Dm7    G7 Fdim G
You fas - ci - nate me  so.


(Instrumental Interlude - one full verse)


   G           G9       Fdim     Fm
So ser - mon - ize and preach to me,

CM7/6  CM7 CM7/6 CM7  Cdim           Edim        Dm7     G7
Make  your sanc - ti - mon - i - ous lit - tle speech to me.


CM7       G              CM7        Em7      Fdim     C    Dm7 G7
But oh my darling you forgive my inability to concentrate;

CM7        Em7            CM7                Em7           G#7 
I think I'm dealing with a powderkeg that's just about to blow.

G#7            G#m7            CM7/6     Cdim    CM7/6       Edim 
Will the end result deflate me,  or  will you an - ni - hi - late me?

Dm7 G   Dm7   G/B  G7  Am Em7   Am    Em7 Cdim
You ir - ri - tate me, you ag - gra - vate me, 

Dm7  G   Cdo,   Dm7 Fdim C
You fas - ci - nate  me  so.

*While this one may not qualify as either popolar or a standard (my usual qualifiers for inclusion on this site) this song climbed into my brain and refused to leave, so I'm including it.

Blossom Dearie was a unique entertainer. When first heard, her child-like voice makes one inclined not to take her seriously; but the precision of her delivery (not to mention the elegance and precision also present in her piano musicianship) demand to be heard...and the experience is well worth your while.

Equally worthwhile is the intricacy and cleavorness of Carolyn Leigh's lyric.

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.