Key: D minor
Verse 1
E
D#m
C#m
Bbaug
D#m
D#
G#m
Why did I wander,
Em
here and there and yonder,
F#
G#m
C#m
wasting pre cious time,
F#
B
G#m
C#m
F#
for no reason or rhyme?
B
Ab
Isn't it a pity?
A
Isn't it a crime?
Ab
Db
My journey's ended.
Em
A
Everything is splendid.
Abm
Meeting you today
Fdim
Bb
Ebm
Bbaug
has given me a
Gb
Ab
wonderful idea.
Dbsus4
Db
Gb
Gbsus4
Gb
Here I stay.
B
Ebm
Dbm
Gb
Bbaug
It's a funny thing, I look at you,
Ebm
Ab
Dbm
Gbsus4
I get a thrill I never knew.
Gb
B
Ebm
B
E
Is n't it a pity we nev
Ebm
Dbm
Gbsus4
B
er met before?
D
C#
C#m
F#sus4
F#
B
D#m
Here we are at last,
G#
C#m
Fdim
Ddim
it's like a dream
F#
G#sus4
G#
C#m
F#sus4
The two of us, a perfect team
B
F#m
B
E
Isn't it a pity we nev
D#m
C#m
F#sus4
B
er met before?
E
B
Ebm
Bbaug
Imagine all the lonely years
Ebm
Fm
Bb
we've wasted.
Ebm
You with the neighbors,
Absus4
Ab
I at silly labors.
Gb
Ebm
Abm
Db
What joys untasted,
F#sus4
E
you reading Heine,
Bbaug
B
I somewhere in China,
D#m
E
Ddim
happiest of men, I'm sure to be.
D#m
F#
G#
Dbm
Gb
If only you will say to me,
B
Gbm
B
E
it's an awful pity we never,
Ebm
Dbm
Gb
B
Fdim
F
never met be fore.
Bbm
While you were flitting,
A
G#m
I was busy knitting.
C#
Bbm
D#m
How did you sur vive
G#
C#
Bbm
D#m
waiting till I'd arrived?
G#
C#
C
All my Dresden boyfriends
B
Bb
were only half alive.
Eb
A sleepy lad was Herman,
Gbm
B
and Fritz was like a sermon.
Db
Bbm
C
Nicholas was such a bore.
Fm
Eaug
How well I planned it,
Fm
Bb
Db
Eb
A
I just couldn't stand it any more
Ab
Db
Fdim
It's a funny thing,
Dbm
Ebm
Gdim
I look at you
C
Fm
B
Bbaug
Ebm
A
I get a thrill I never knew
Ab
Db
Abm
Db
Gb
Fm
Ebm
Isn't it a pity we never met
Absus4
Db
E
A
D
be fore?
Ab
Db
Fm
Here we are at last,
Bb
Ebm
Gm
C
it's like a dream,
Fm
Bb
the two of us,
Ddim
Ebm
Ebdim
D
a perfect team.
Db
Abm
Db
For you're more than pretty,
Gb
Fm
Ebm
Absus4
Db
A
and I have charm galore. Imagine
Db
C
Fm
Bb
all the lonely years we've wasted,
C
Fm
you up in Norway,
Bb
Ddim
I around my doorway.
Fm
Bbm
What joy is untasted,
Eb
Ab
Gb
if you'd been handy,
Fm
Bbaug
Ebm
it would have been just dandy.
Ab
Db
Fm
Ddim
Ebm
Db
Is n't it a shame we had to wait
C
Fm
Fdim
But thank the Lord
Ddim
Ebm
Dbm
it's not too late
Ab
Db
Gb
Still it's such a pity we never,
Fm
Ebm
Ab
Db
A
C
Edim
never met be fore.
D
B
Love your funny smile,
Em
Db
Fdim
your twinkling eye .
Gbm
B
Em
A
That's very nice, for so do I.
D
Isn't it a pity,
G
F#m
Em
Asus4
D
we never met be fore?
C
F
Bb
Eb
D
F#m
Put your hand in mine,
B
Em
G#dim
C#
a perfect fit
F#m
F#dim
B
Em
A
We never knew, just think of it
D
Em
Isn't it a pity we never met
A
D
C
be fore?
D
A
C#
F#m
Imagine all the lonely
C#
G#m
C#
years I've wasted
F#m
C#
Fishing for salmon,
F#m
B
D#dim
losing at backgammon
A
F#m
Bm
What joy is untasted?
E
D
A
G
My nights were sour,
Gbm
Fdim
Bb
spent with Schopenhauer
Eb
C
Let's forget the past,
Fm
Am
D
let's both agree
Gm
Bb
That I'm for you,
C
Fm
and you're for me
Bb
An d it's such a pity
Db
Ab
We never, never, never,
Bb
Bb
never met before.
Eb
Ebm
Eb
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