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I Don't Want to Walk Without You
Words & Music by Frank Loesser & Jule StyneRecorded by Harry James, 1938
Also recorded by Barry Manilow, 1979, on his album "One Voice" without the intro verse
Intro Verse:
D G D G
All our friends keep knocking on my door;
D G D Bm
They've asked me out a hundred times or more.
C#7 F#m G#m7 C#7 F#m F#m7 B9
But all I say is, "Leave me in the gloom,"
Em F#m7 B7 Em Em7 A7 A-9
And here I stay with - in my lonely room, 'cause
Em7 A7 E7 A7
I don't want to walk without you, ba - by,
D Am B7 F#m7 Dm B7
Walk without my arms about you, ba - by.
E9 G A7 D
I thought the day you left me behind,
F#m Cdim C#7 F#m Dm E7 A7 Cdim
I'd take a stroll and get you right off my mind, but now I find that
Em7 A7 E7 A7
I don't want to walk without the sun - shine;
D Am B7 F#m7 Dm B7
Why'd you have to turn off all that sun - shine?
E9 G A7 D A7 D Fdim F#m7
Oh, baby, please come back, or you'll break my heart for me,
Cdim Em A7 G/B A7 Em7 Gdim D A7 A-9
'Cause I don't want to walk without you, no sir - ree.
Last Time:
Em7 G/B A7sus4 A7 D
No, sir - ree.