It's Not For Me To Say:Johnny Mathis
#5 on BB Hot 100 on COLUMBIA Records
in 1957.
INTRO: Ab6 Bbm7 (x3)
#1.
Ab6 Bb7 Bbm7 Eb9 Abmaj7 Ab6 Abmaj7 Ab6
It's not for me to say.....you love me.
Bb7 Bbm7 Eb9 Ab F7
It's not for me to say...you'll always care.
Ab7-9 Bbm Bbm7 Bbm6 C7 Fm
Oh, but here, for the moment, I can hold you fast..
C7 Fm7 C Dbdim Dm7
and press your lips to mine..
G7 C Bbm7 Eb7
and dream that love will last.
#2.
Bbm Bbm7 Eb9 Abmaj7 Ab6
As far as I can see....this is Hea...ven.
Ebm7 Ab7 Ab7+5 Db
And speaking just for me...it's ours to share.
Db6 Dbm7-5 Dbm
Perhaps the glow of love will grow
Ab Cm7 F7
with every passing day.
Bb7 Bb+
Or we may never meet again...
Eb9 Eb+ Ab6 Abmaj7 Ab6
but then, it's not for me to say.
INTERLUDE: Ab6 Bb7 Bbm7 Eb9 Abmaj7 Ab6
#3.
Ebm7 Ab7 Ab7+5 Db
And speaking just for me...it's ours to share.
Db6 Dbm7-5 Dbm
Perhaps the glow of love will grow
Ab Cm7 F7
with every passing day.
Bb7 Bb+
Or we may never meet again...
Eb9 Eb+ Ab6 Abmaj7 Ab
but then, it's not for me to say.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.