The Nearness of You
Words & Music by Ned Washington & Hoagy Carmichael
Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Also recorded by Glenn Miller, 1940 (#5)
[E7] [A] [E7] [G/B] [Em7]
It's not the pale moon that excites me,
[A]+ [D] [Fdim] [Dm] [A] [F#7] [Bm7]-5 [E7]
That thrills and delights me, oh, no —
[Bm7]-5 [E7] [A] [F#7] [Bm7]-5 [E7]
It's just the near - ness of you.
[E7] [A] [E7] [G/B] [Em7]
It isn't your sweet conversation
[A]+ [D] [Fdim] [Dm] [A] [F#7] [Bm7]-5 [E7]
That brings this sensation, oh, no
[Bm7]-5 [E7] [A] [D9] [A]
It's just the near - ness of you.
Bridge
[Fdim]
When you're in my arms,
[A] [A7]
And I feel you so close to me,
[D] [F#7] [Bm7] [G7] [E7]
All my wildest dreams come true.
Verse
[E7] [A] [E7] [G/B] [Em7]
I need no soft lights to enchant me,
[A]+ [D] [Fdim] [Dm] [A] [F#7] [Bm7]-5 [E7]
If you'll only grant me the right
[Bm7]-5 [F#] [Bm]
To hold you ever so tight,
[Bm7]-5 [E7] [E7]/6
And to feel in the night
[E7] [Bm7]-5 [E7] [A] [D] [Dm] [A]
The near - ness of you.
