Jezebel

Words & Music by Wayne Shanklin*
Recorded by Frankie Laine, 1951 (#2)


Am    G    Am  G  Am       G   Am  G   Am
Jez - e - bel,       Jez - e - bel.


G  Am                 G         Am            G
If ever the devil was born without a pair of horns,

        Am       G           Am   G
It was you, Jezebel, it was you;


    Am            G    Am        G
If ever an angel fell, Jez - e - bel, 

       Am   G           Am    
It was you,    Jezebel, it was you;


   D               C    D             C
If ever a pair of eyes promised paradise,

   D   D9  D   C   C9   C   F#7 G#7 F#7 F7
Deceiving me, grieving me, leavin'  me blue,

F#7       F7   F#7    F7
Jez - e - bel, it was you.


   Am                G        Am              G
If ever the devil's plan was made to torment man

       Am   G           Am
It was you,    Jezebel, it was you.



Am       Am7    Dm7            Am   Dm    Dm7     Am 
Could be better that I never know a lover such as you,

   Am7     F7                     G7       Dm7-5      E7
Forsaking dreams and all for the siren call  of  your arms.


Am      Am7    Dm      Dm7       Am      Dm      Dm7     Am
Like a demon, love possessed me, you obsessed me constantly

     Am7    F7                   G7           Dm7-5  E7
What evil star is mine, that my fate's design should be


Am    G    Am  G  Am 
Jez - e - bel?



   D               C    D             C
If ever a pair of eyes promised paradise,

   D   D9  D   C   C9   C   F#7 G#7 F#7 F7
Deceiving me, grieving me, leavin'  me blue,

F#7       F7   F#7    F7
Jez - e - bel, it was you.


   Am                G        Am              G
If ever the devil's plan was made to torment man

       Am    G        Am   G      Am
It was you, night and day, every way

F7                Am   Dm7  Am
Jezebel, Jezebel, Jez - e - bel.


*This song was also recorded by Edith Piaf in 1951, with lyric credit on that recording given to Charles Aznavour (he may have translated it into French.) Aznavour subsequently recorded it himself in 1954. The song was also featured in the 1958 movie "The Seven Hills of Rome" starring Mario Lanza.


 
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