A Wink and a Smile

Words & Music by Marc Shaiman & Ramsey McLean
Recorded 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.



 
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