Stardust – Nat King Cole
Verse 1
[G] [C9]
And now the purple dusk of twilight time,
[B7] [E] [E7]
steals across the meadows of my heart;
[Am] [D7] [G] [Em7]
High up in the sky, the little stars climb,
[F#] [F#7] [Bm7] [Am7] [D7]
always reminding me, that we're apart.
[G] [C9]
You wander down the lane and far away,
[B7] [E] [E7]
leaving me a song that will not die;
[Am] [D7] [G] [Em7]
Love is now the stardust, of yesterday,
[Am7] [D7] [G] [Cm] [G]
The music of the years gone by.
Verse 2
[C6]
Sometimes I wonder why I spend,
[Cm6]
the lonely night, dreaming of a song;
[G] [Bm7] [E7]
The melody, haunts my reverie,
[Am7] [E7] [Am7] [Cm6]
and I am once again with you
[D7]
When our love was new,
[G6]
and each kiss an inspiration;
[A7] [A9]
But that was long ago, now my consolation,
[D7] [Am7/D] [D7]
is in the stardust of a song.
Verse 3
[C6]
Beside a garden wall,
[Cm6]
when stars are bright, you are in my arms,
[G] [Bm7] [E7]
the nightingale tells his fairy tale.
[Am7] [E7] [Am7]
A paradise where roses bloom,
[Cm6]
Though I dream in vain,
[G] [Em] [F#7/C] [B7]
in my heart it will remain,
[C6] [E7/B] [Am7]
My stardust melody,
[D7/A] [D7] [G] [Cm7] [G]
the memory, of loves refrain.
