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I Cover The Waterfront
Words & Music by Johnny Green & Edward Heyman, 1933
Recorded by Mel Torme, 1948
Intro Verse:
G6 Bb9 G6 Bb9
Away from the city that hurts and mocks,
G6 Bb9 G6* Bb9
I'm standing alone by the desolate docks
G6 Bb9 G Bb9
In the still and the chill of the night;
G6 Bb9 G6 Bb9
I see the horizon, the great unknown
G6 Bb9 G6* Bb9
My heart has an ache, it's as heavy as stone --
G6 Bb9 G6
Will the dawn coming on make it right?
Melody:
Em7/9 Em7 A7/6 A7 DM7 G6 F#m7 Fdim
I cover the waterfront, I'm watching the sea;
Em7 G/B A7 D6 Cdim Dalt D6
Will the one that I love be coming back to me?
Em7/9 Em7 A7/6 A7 Dalt G F#m7 Fdim
I cover the waterfront, in search of my love,
Em7 G/B A7 D Gm D
And I'm covered by a deep blue sky above.
Bridge:
Em7 A7 DM7 B7
Here am I, patiently waiting,
Em7 A7 DM7 Bm7
Hoping and longing -- oh, how I yearn!
B7 EM7 C#m
Where are you? Are you forgetting?
A B7 A7/6 A7
Do you remember? Will you return?
Em7/9 Em7 A7/6 A7 Dalt F#m7
I cover the waterfront, I'm watching the sea,
Fdim Em Em7 G A7sus4 A7 D
'Cause the one that I love will soon come back to me.
*The G6 used in the introduction is played 320000 except for the one noted with the asterisk, which is played 300200.
Thanks to recent visitor Rye Chusley for correcting my previously inccorect into lyric.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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