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You're The Cream In My Coffee
Words & Music by Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva & Ray Henderson, 1923
Recorded by Nat King Cole, 1942
A9 A E7 D9 A D C#m7-5 E7/9
You're the cream in my cof - fee, you're the salt in my stew
D9 E7 D9 E7 E7/9 E7
You will al - ways be my ne - ces - si - ty,
D9 Bm7-5 E7 A Edim E7
I'd be lost with - out you.
A9 A E7 D9 A D C#m7-5 E7/9
You're the starch in my col - lar, you're the lace in my shoe
D9 E7 D9 E7 E7/9 E7
You will al - ways be my ne - ces - si - ty,
D9 Bm7-5 E7 A Edim E7
I'd be lost with - out you.
Bridge 1:
A7 Em7 Cm7-5 A7 D Em7 Edim D
Most men tell love tales, and each phrase dove - tails
B7 F#7 Bm7-5 B7 E7 Bm7-5 Cdim Bm7-5 Cm7-5 E7
You've heard each known way -- this way is my own way:
A9 A E7 D9 A D C#m7-5 E7/9
You're the sail in my love - boat, you're the cap - tain and crew,
D9 E7 D9 E7 E7/9 E7
You will al - ways be my ne - ces - si - ty,
D9 Bm7-5 E7 A Edim E7
I'd be lost with - out you.
Bridge 2:
A7 Em7 Cm7-5 A7 D Em7 Edim D
You give life sa - vor, bring out its fla - vor,
B7 F#7 Bm7-5 B7 E7 Bm7-5 Cdim Bm7-5 Cm7-5 E7
So this is clear, dear, you're my wor's - ter - shire, dear!
A9 A E7 D9 A D C#m7-5 E7/9
You're the sail in my love - boat, you're the cap - tain and crew,
D9 E7 D9 E7 E7/9 E7
You will al - ways be my ne - ces - si - ty,
D9 Bm7-5 E7 A Edim E7
I'd be lost with - out you.
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.
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