Words: Thomas Adair, Music: Matt Dennis
Chord Forms:
[Dm9] 100210
[G9] x23233
[Em7] 020000
[F#dim] 2x1211
[Dm7] 10021x
[G7] 323003
[C9] 3x2333
[Gdim] 3x2322
[Fdim] 100100
[Cma7] 332000
[C6] x32210
[Am7] x02120
[D9] x00210
[F6] xx3231
[E6] 022120
Verse
[Dm9] [G9] [G7] [Em7] [F#dim]
I make a date for golf, and you can bet your life it rains;
[Dm7] [G7] [C9] [A7]
I try to give a party, and the guy upstairs complains.
[Gdim] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7]
I guess I'll go thru life just catching colds and missing trains
[Dm7] [G7] [Cma7] [A7]
Ev'rything happens to me.
Verse
[Dm9] [G9] [G7] [Em7] [F#dim]
I never miss a thing I've had the measles and the mumps,
[Dm7] [G7] [C9] [A7]
And ev'rytime I play an ace, my partner always trumps.
[Gdim] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7]
I guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps
[Dm7] [G7] [C6]
Ev'rything happens to me.
Bridge
[Gm7] [C7/G] [C7/F#] [F] [F6]
At first my heart thought you could break this jinx for me,
[Gm7] [C7/G] [C7/F#] [F] [F6]
That love would turn the trick to end despair;
[F#m7] [B7/F#] [B7/F] [E] [E6]
But now I just can't fool this head that thinks for me
[Am7] [D9] [Dm7] [G7]
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air
Outro
[Dm9] [G9] [G7] [Em7] [F#dim]
I've telegraphed and phoned, and sent an airmail special, too;
[Dm7] [G7] [C9] [A7]
Your answer was "Good bye" and there was even postage due.
[Gdim] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7]
I fell in love just once, and then it had to be with you
[Dm7] [G7] [C] [Cma7] [A7]
Ev'rything happens to me,
[Dm7] [G7] [C]
Ev'rything happens to me.
