Someone to Watch Over Me
George & Ira Gershwin
[Intro]
[G Ddim7 Am7 D11]
G(addA) G7
There's a saying old, says that love is blind
Cmaj7 A7
Still we're often told, seek and ye shall find
Am7 D7(b9)
So I'm going to seek a certain lad I've had in mind
[G Ddim7 Am7 D11]
G G9
Looking everywhere, haven't found him yet
Cmaj7 A7
He's the big affair I can-not forget
D11 D7(b9) Gmaj7
Only man I ever think of with re-gret
[G7b5 Am7/G G]
Bm Em Bm
I'd like to add his initial to my monogram
D/A Em7 A7 D D/C Bm7 D7/A
Tell me, where is the shepherd for this lost lamb
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There's a somebody I'm longing to see
G6/B Gdim7/Bb D7/A G#dim7
I hope that he turns out to be
Am7 E7/B Am7/C C#m7(b5) D11 Bm7(b5)
Some-one who'll watch over me
[E9 Am7b5 D9]
G C6 Cdim7
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood
G6/B Gdim7/Bb D7/A G#dim7
I know I could always be good
Am7 E7/B Am7/C C#m7(b5) D7(b9) G
To one who'll watch over me
G9/6 C Am7
Although he may not be the man
Bbdim7 G6
Some girls think of as handsome
F#7 B7 E7
To my heart he carries the key
[A7 D11 D7(b9)]
G6 C6 Bbdim7
Won't you tell him please to put on some speed
G6/B Gdim7/Bb
Follow my lead
D7/A G#dim7
Oh how I need
Am7 E7/B Am7/C C#m7(b5) D9
Some-one to watch
Bm7b5 B7 E7(b9)
over me
Am7 E7/B Am7/C C#m7(b5)
Some-one to watch
D7(b9) G
over me
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