Where's the Mate for Me? chords by Jerome kern
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Verse 1
Who (D major) cares if (A major) my boat goes (D major) upstream,
Or if the (A major) gale bids me go
(E major) with the (A major) river's flow?
(D major) I drift along (A major) with my (B minor) fancy,
(B flat major) Sometimes I (D major) thank my lucky (A major) stars
my heart is (F sharp minor) free.
(G major) And (D major) other times I wonder,
(A major) where's the mate for me? (D major)
(G major)
Interlude 1
(D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major)
(C sharp major) (F sharp major) (C sharp major)
(F sharp major)
The (B minor) driftwood floaning (E minor) over the sea Someday
Verse 2
(A major)
finds a (D major) sheltering lee
(G major) So somewhere there (C sharpdim) surely must be
The (A major) har (F sharp major) bour bent for (A major) me.
(D major) I drift (A major) along with my (B flat major) fancy.
Sometimes I (D major) thank my lucky stars
(A major) my heart is (D major) free.
(G major) And (E minor) other times (D major) I wonder
where's (A major) the mate.
How (E minor) do you do?
(G major) Do you (A major) live here?
(F sharp major) No, (G major) no, I'm just a way
(D major) farer along the river (C sharp major) .
So am I.
(F sharp minor) Which way are you (D major) going?
Either way.
(A major) Where are you going?
(B minor) Any where Papa (A major) gives shows.
Oh, are (D major) you a player?
You mean like on the piano?
(A major) Yes, I (A flat major) play a little.
(G major) Oh, was that you I heard just now?
Yes, that was me.
What a (D major) pity!
What did you say, mister?
When I asked if you were a player,
I meant, (G major) are you an actress?
Oh, no, but I'd give
anything if I could be.
Why?
(C sharp major) Be cause you can make believe
(F sharp major) so many wonderful things
(C sharp major) that never happen in (F sharp major) real life.
Oh, but won (B minor) derful thing (G major) s do happen.
(E minor) Well, (A major) this very day I was standing (D major) here on the levee,
feeling (G major) blue,
An (C sharpdim) d suddenly I (A major) looked up
and I... (C major) I must (A major) go.
Why?
(F sharp major) Well, (G major) you see, (D major) you're talking to (B minor) me
and I (B major) don't know you.
Does that really matter so much?
(E major) No, (B major) not to me, but they say it isn't nice.
If you (E major) like to make believe (B major) things,
why can't we make believe
that we know each other?
Oh, yes!
And we haven't seen each other
for 75 years,
(G major) and you're my (D minor) long -lost nephew.
There's a scene like that in a play
(C sharp major) called The Village (A major) Drunkard.
No, (E major) no, 75 years is too (A major) long.
Be (C sharpaug) sides, (A major) I don't think I like
(C sharp major) the idea of being your nephew.
(A major) Let us imagine that we've just met.
But we really have.
Yes, but let's just suppose
that we've (E minor) fallen in love (A major) at first sight.
Only (D major) (A major) make believe I love (E minor) you,
(A major) Only (D major) make believe that you love me,
(F sharp minor) Oth (C sharp major) ers (E minor) find (A major) peace of mind in (G major) pretending.
(D major) (A major) Couldn't (D major) you?
Couldn't (E major) I?
Could (A major) n't we?
(E flatdim) Make believe (A major) our lips are blending
In (E minor) (A major) a (D major) phantom kiss, or two or three, (E major)
Might (G major) as well make be
(A flatdim) lieve I (D major) love you.
Born (E flatdim) to (A major) tell the truth, I do. (D major)
Your pardon, I (E minor) pray,
(A major) T 'was too (D major) much to say, (A major)
(B minor) The words (C sharpdim) that betray my (A major) (F sharp minor) heart. (D major)
We hope we (A major) pretend you do (D major) not offend
in playing a (E minor) love (A major) less (D major) card.
The (G major) game of just supposing
is the sweetest game (C major) I know.
(C minor) Our (G major) dreams are (D major) more romantic
than the world we (G major) see.
And if the things we dream about
don't happen to be (C major) so, (C minor)
(Dsus4) That's just an unimport (D major) ant technical (G major) ity.
For the (G minor) cold and brutal (C major) fact is,
(C minor) you (E flatdim) and I have never (G minor) met.
We (B flat major) need not (C major) find (F major) conventions,
(B flat major) pleas and cues.
If we point our thoughts an (C major) d practice,
(E flatdim) we can banish all (F sharp major) re gret.
(Cdim) Imagine we (E flatdim) lost anything we (B flat major) choose.
We (A major) (Edim) could make (B flat major) believe I loved you.
We (E flat major) could make believe that you (G minor) loved me.
(B flat major) Oth (F sharpdim) ers (B flat major) find peace
of mind in pretending,
Could (E flat major) it be you,
could (F major) it be I, could (B flat major) it be?
Make (Edim) believe (B flat major) our lips are blending
In a (E flat major) phantom kiss, or two or (F major) three,
Might (A flat major) as well make be
lieve I (E flatdim) love (E flat major) you,
(Edim) For, to tell (B flat major) the truth, (B flat major) I do.
Where's the Mate for Me?
Jerome Kern
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