Verse 1
[Bm] [A7]
I make a date for golf
[F#m7] [Bm]
and you can bet your life it rains.
[Em] [A7]
I try to give a party
[C7] [B7]
and the guy upstairs complains.
[Em] [F#/G]
I guess I'll go through life
[F#m7] [Bm]
just catching colds and missing trains.
[Em] [A7] [D]
Everything happens to me.
Verse 2
[Bm] [A7]
I never miss a thing.
[F#m7] [Bm]
I've had the measles and the mumps.
[Em] [A7]
And every time I play an ace
[C7] [B7]
my partner always trumps.
[Em] [F#/G]
I guess I'm just a fool
[F#m7] [Bm]
who never looks before he jumps.
[Em] [A7] [D]
Everything happens to me.
Bridge
[D] [Dm] [G]
At first my heart thought you could break this jinx for me.
[A7] [Em] [G]
That love would turn the trick to end despair.
[B] [Adim/D] [F#m7]
But now I just can't fool this head that thinks for me.
[D] [Bm] [Em] [B7]
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air.
[Bm] [F#m7]
I've telegraphed and phoned
[Bm] [Em]
and sent an air mail special too.
[A7] [C7] [B7]
Your answer was goodbye and there was even postage due.
[Em] [F#/G]
I fell in love just once
[F#/G] [B7]
and then it had to be with you.
[Em] [A7] [D]
Everything happens to me.
