Verse
[G] [C] [G]
Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid.
[Am] [G] [D7]
It's not a joke, kid, it's a curse.
[G] [C] [G]
My luck is changing, it's gotten from
[Am] [G] [D7]
simply rotten to something worse
[E] [Am]
Who knows, some day I will win too.
[A7] [C] [D7]
I'll begin to reach my prime.
[G] [C] [G]
Now though I see what our end is,
[Am] [D7]
All I can spend is just my time.
Chorus
[G] [Am] [D7]
I can't give you anything but love, baby.
[G] [Am] [D7]
That's the only thing I've plenty of ,baby.
[G]
Dream awhile, scheme awhile
[C]
We're sure to find
[A7]
Happiness and I guess
[Am] [D7]
All those things you've always pined for.
[G] [Am] [D7]
Gee I'd like to see you looking swell, baby.
[G] [Am] [D7]
Diamond bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell, baby.
[C] [A7] [G] [E]
Till that lucky day you know darned well, baby.
[Am] [D7] [G]
I can't give you anything but love.
Verse
[G] [C] [G]
Rome wasn't built in a day, kid.
[Am] [G] [D7]
You have to pay, kid, for what you get.
[G] [C] [G]
But I am willing to wait, dear,
[Am] [G] [D7]
Your little mate, dear, will not forget.
[E] [Am]
You have a lifetime before you.
[A7] [C] [D7]
I'll adore you, come what may.
[G] [C] [G]
Please don't be blue for the present,
[Am] [D7]
When it's so pleasant to hear you say
Chorus
[G] [Am] [D7]
I can't give you anything but love, baby.
[G] [Am] [D7]
That's the only thing I've plenty of ,baby.
[G]
Dream awhile, scheme awhile
[C]
We're sure to find
[A7]
Happiness and I guess
[Am] [D7]
All those things you've always pined for.
[G] [Am] [D7]
Gee I'd like to see you looking swell, baby.
[G] [Am] [D7]
Diamond bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell, baby.
[C] [A7] [G] [E]
Till that lucky day you know darned well, baby.
[Am] [D7] [G]
I can't give you anything but love.