I Wanna Be Around

Words & Music by Johnny Mercer & Sadie Vimmerstedt
Recorded by Tony Bennett, 1963


   C         C9       C           Cdim
I wanna be around to pick up the pieces

      Dm7      Edim         Dm7    G7
When somebody breaks your heart,

      Dm7     Edim     Dm7   G9 C   Cdim   Dm7    G7
When somebody twice as smart as I.  *

   BbM7    AM7       BbM7        A7
A somebody who will swear to be true,

     Dm          A7      Dm    Dm+7   Dm7    Dm6
LIke you used to do with me,

        D           D7          Dm          Dm7   G7
Who'll leave you to learn that mis'ry loves company,

         G7+5
Wait and see!


   C         C9       C         Cdim    
I wanna be around to see how he does it,

     Dm7            Edim     Dm7   G7
When he breaks your heart to bits;

Cdim  Dm7        Edim   Dm7  F  E7      Bm7-5    Fdim     E7
Let's see if the puzzle fits so fine.

 Bm7-5              A7           Bm7-5     A7
That's when I'll discover that revenge is sweet,

   D9              D7             D9        D7
As I sit there applauding from a front row seat

       Dm                  Dm7
When somebody breaks your heart

     Dm7-5  G7/6   C    Edim  Dm7  G   G+
Like  you   broke mine.


(Instrumental interlude -- 1st 3 lines of verse)


Bm7-5               A7           Bm7-5      A7
That's when I'll discover that revenge is sweet,

   D9             D7              D9       D7
As I sit there applauding from a front row seat

      Dm                   Dm7
When somebody breaks your heart

    Dm7-5     G7/6        C    Fdim   G     CM7
Like you, like you broke mine.

* Bennett actually sings this line as "SOME somebody twice as smart as I" but what you're seeing here is how I got used to doing it (wrong, no doubt) for whatever reason. Old habits are hard to break.

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