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A Wink and a Smile
Words & Music by Marc Shaiman & Ramsey McLeanRecorded by Harry Connick, Jr., 1993 in the movie "Sleepless In Seattle"
E7 A6 A Dm Dm+7
I remember the days of just keeping time
A AM7 F# F#7 D Fdim - Bm7-5 - E7
Of hanging around in sleepy towns forever,
Bm7-5 Cdim A Edim Bm7-5 E7
Back roads emp - ty for miles.
A6 A Dm Dm+7
Well, you can't have a dream and cut it to fit;
A AM7 F# F#7 D Fdim E7
But when I saw you, I knew -- we'd go together
E7/9 E7 E7/6 A D9 A7
Like a wink and a smile.
Bridge 1:
D9 Bm7 A A7 D9 Bm7 A
Leave your old Jalopy by the railroad track
F#m F#m+7 F#m7 Cdim B7 F7 E7
We'll get a hip double dip tip-toppy two-seat Pon - ti - ac.
A6 A Dm Dm+7
So you can rev her up -- don't go slow
A AM7 F#
It's only green lights and alrights
F#7 D Fdim E7 E7/9 E7 E7/6 A
Let's go together with a wink and a smile
(Instrumental interlude: first two lines of verse)
Bm7-5 Cdim A Edim Bm7-5 E7
Give me a wink and a smile.
(Instrumental interlude: first two lines of verse)
F#7 D Fdim E7 E7/9 E7 E7/6 A D9 A7
We go together like a wink and a smile.
Bridge 2:
D9 Bm7 A A7 D9 Bm7 A
Now my heart hears music -- such a simple song
F#m F#m+7 F#m7 Cdim B7 F7 E7
Sing it again, the notes never end; this is where I belong.
A6 A Dm Dm+7
Just the song in your voice, the light in your eyes
A AM7 F# F#7
We're so far away from yesterday,
D Fdim E7 Bm7-5 A AM7 C#m7-5 F#7
Together with a wink and a smile,
D DM7 E7 E7/9 E7 E7/6 A
We go together like a wink and a smile.
*Performance note: The recorded version puts a key change (up one-half step) at the beginning of the final verse.
By far the newest song in my collection here, I was absolutely sure that the song was a 40's revival, as were so many others from Sleepless In Seattle. It wasn't -- but writers Marc Shaiman and Ramsey McLean could hardly have paid greater homage to the music of the era than what they achieved with this song.