Isle of Capri

Words & Music by Jimmy Kennedy & Will Grosz
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1958


 A7  A7+5     D       Edim  A7      D       G
`Twas on the Isle of Capri that I found her,

   A7         D         B7         Em7     A7
Beneath the shade of an old walnut tree;

           Em7          Edim              A7
Oh, I can still see the flow'rs bloomin' round her

Edim     D           A7        D   A7
Where we met on the Isle of Capri.


A7  A7+5     D       Edim  A7      D       G
She was as sweet as a rose at the dawning,

     A7      D          Cdim          Em7  A7
But somehow fate hadn't meant her for me;

              Em7            Edim         A7
And though I sailed with the tide in the morning,

Edim     D              A7        D   A7
Still my heart's on the Isle of Capri.


Bridge:

G              G/F#   D     G           Edim   D
Summertime was nearly over, blue Italian sky above;

G            G/F#   D           E7         Bm7-5          A7
I said "Lady, I'm a rover, can you spare a sweet word of love?"


A7  A7+5     D       Edim  A7            D       G
She whispered softly "It's best not to linger."

     A7         D        Cdim         Em7  A7
And then as I kissed her hand I could see,

           Em7       Edim         A7
She wore a lovely meatball on her finger

Edim       D         A7       D   
'Twas goodbye at the Villa Capri.



 
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