Nat King Cole 1941 recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KERAlZBU88E
A beautiful, seldom covered and obscure song from Nat King Cole, written by Irene Higginbotham,
an African American composer of popular music. In 1944, at the age of 26, she wrote more than 50
published songs and possibly dozens more under a male pseudonym.
[Chords]
Dmaj7us2 x57655
[Dmaj7] x57675
[Em7] 7x575x
[A7sus] 575755
[A13] 5x5677
[A7#5] 5x566x
[Cdim] 8x787x
[E9] 7x6777
[E13] 7x6779
[Bm7b5] 7x776x
[Adim] 5x454x
[B7] 7x787x
[C9] 3x2333
[Db9] 4x3444
D6add9 5x445x best final chord ever
Verse 1
[Dmaj7sus2] [Dmaj7]
This will make you laugh
[Em7] [A7sus] [Em7] [A13] [A7] [A13] [A7#5]
I staked my dreams on you.
[Dmaj7sus2] [Dmaj7]
This will make you laugh
[Em7] [A7sus] [Em7] [A13] [A7]
they nev er did come true.
[Dmaj7] [B7] [Cdim] [B7]
I took a chance on the one romance,
[Bm] [F#7] [Bm]
and vowed it couldn't miss.
[E9] [Cdim] [E13] [Bm7b5]
But I should have known to never judge
[Bm7b5] [A7] [A7#5] [A7]
a heart by a kiss.
Verse 2
[Dmaj7sus2] [Dmaj7]
This will make you laugh
[Em7] [A7sus] [Em7] [A13] [A7] [A13] [A7#5]
I once be lieved in you.
[Dmaj7sus2] [Dmaj7]
And for all my love,
[Em7] [A7sus] [Em7] [A13] [A7]
you did n't see it through.
[Em7] [Cdim] [B7]
Of all the fools, I break the rule;
[D] [F#7] [Cdim] [B7]
I love you still you see,
[Em7] [Adim] [A7]
This will make you laugh,
[Em7] [A7] [Em7] [A7] [D]
but it's not funny to me.
Instrumental
[Dmaj7sus2] [Dmaj7]
[Em7] [A7sus] [Em7] [A13] [A7] [A13] [A7#5]
[Dmaj7sus2] [Dmaj7]
[Em7] [A7sus] [Em7] [A13] [A7]
Outro
[Em7] [Cdim] [B7]
Of all the fools, I break the rule;
[D] [F#7] [Cdim] [B7]
I love you still you see,
[Em7] [Adim] [A7]
This will make you laugh,
[Em7] [A7] [Em7] [A7] [D] [C9] [Db9] [D6add9]
but it's not funny to me.
