Play along at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nAp392S_d8&list=PLx809LglOaX_CG-pJCwfmwjIw-pezZXYJ&index=27
In 1936 the Ink Spots were the first African Americans to appear on television.
In 1948 they were the first black performers to appear on Ed Sullivan's TV show.
[Chords]
[Ab6] 4x354x
[Abmaj7] 4x554x
[Amaj7] 4x554x
[B7] 7x787x
[B9] x6767x
[Bbdim] 6x565x
[Bbmaj7] 6x776x
[Bdim] 7x676x
[Bm7] 7X777X
[Dbdim] 9x898x
[Dbm7] 4x242x
[Dm7] 5x353x
[E7] x7675x
[Eaug] x7655x
[F#7] x9897x
[F#m7] 9x797x
[F7] x8786x
Intro
[A6] [Bbdim] [Bm7] [E7]
e|--------------------------------------0--|
B|--------------------------------------0--|
G|--------------------------------------1--|
D|-----2--4--2-----2--4--2-----2--4--2--0--|
A|--0-----------1-----------2-----------2--|
E|-----------------------------------------|
[A6] [Bbdim] [Bm7] [E7]
e|--------------------------------------0--|
B|--------------------------------------0--|
G|--------------------------------------1--|
D|-----2--4--2-----2--4--2-----2--4--2--0--|
A|--0-----------1-----------2-----------2--|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Verse
[A6] [A6] [Dbm7] [F#m7]
Every night about this time
[A6] [Eaug] [Amaj7]
Oh, how I miss you
[Amaj7] [Abmaj7] [Amaj7]
I'd drifted in to
[A6] [Amaj7]
Our old rendezvous
[A6] [Bm7]
Every night about this time
[E7] [Bm7] [E7]
The gang keeps on asking
[E7] [A6]
Why you're not around
[F#m7] [B7]
And I keep pretending
[B7] [Bdim] [E7] [Dbdim]
That you're just out of town
Verse
[A6] [A6] [Dbm7] [F#m7]
Every night about this time
[A6] [Eaug] [Amaj7] [Dbm7] [Amaj7]
Memories haunt me
[Amaj7] [B9] [Bm7]
Wondering too, who's dancing with you
[E7] [Bm7] [Bbmaj7]
Every night about this time
[A6] [Dbm7]
And whenever they croon
[Amaj7]
Our favorite tune
[Bm7] [Bdim] [Bbdim] [E7]
A tear falls with eve ry rhyme
[Dbdim] [F#7] [Bm7] [F7] [E7]
Oh, how I miss you
[E7] [Amaj7] [Bbdim] [Bm7] [E7]
Every night about this time
Verse
(Spoken over chords0
[A6] [A6] [Dbm7] [F#m7]
Every night 'bout this time honey
[A6] [Eaug] [Amaj7]
That's when I miss you
[A6] [Amaj7]
I drift in and out all
[A6] [Bm7]
our old rendezvous
[E7] [Bm7] [E7]
Every night just 'bout this time
[E7] [A6]
The gang keeps on asking
[F#m7] [B7]
"Say boy, wheres ya gal? How come
[B7]
she ain't around?"
[B7] [Bdim] [E7]
Well, I just keep on pretending
[B7] [Bdim] [E7] [Dbdim]
That you went out of town
Verse
[A6] [A6] [Dbm7] [F#m7]
Every night about this time
[A6] [Eaug] [Amaj7] [Dbm7] [Amaj7]
Memories haunt me
[Amaj7] [B9] [Bm7]
Wondering too, who's dancing with you
[E7] [Bm7]
Every night about this time
[A6] [Dbm7]
And whenever they croon
[Amaj7]
Our favorite tune
[Bm7] [Bdim] [Bbdim] [E7]
A tear falls with eve ry rhyme
[Dbdim] [F#7] [Bm7] [F7] [E7]
Oh, how I miss you
[E7] [Amaj7] [Bm7] [Dm7] [A6]
Every night about this time