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Lady of Spain
Words & Music by Stanley Damerell, Robert Hargreaves & Tolchard Evans, 1931Recorded by Eddie Fisher, 1952
Refrain:
C CM7 CM7/6 CM7 C Dm6 Dm
La - dy of Spain, I a - dore you,
G Dm6 G Dm6 G CM7/6 C
Right from the night I first saw you,
A A7 F A7 F A7 Dm
My heart has been yearn - ing for you;
D7 D6 D7 D6 D7 G7
What else could an - y heart do?
Verse:
C CM7 CM7/6 CM7 C Dm6 Dm
La - dy of Spain I'm a - peal - ing
G Dm6 G Dm6 G CM7/6 C
Why should my lips be con - ceal - ing
A A7 F A7 F A7 Dm
All that my eyes are re - veal - ing?
Dm7 Dm6 Dm7 G Dm7 G/B C
La - dy of Spain, I love you!
Am F Am Dm7 Am F Dm7 Am
Night in Ma - drid, blue and ten - der;
Am F Am Dm7 Am F Dm7 Am
Spanish Moon makes silver splendor.
D C Bb Fm
Music throbbing, plaintive sobbing notes of a guitar
Em C B7
While ardent Caballero serenades
Repeat Refrain:
Am F Am Dm7 Am F Dm7 Am
There's sad - ness now in his plead - ing,
Am F Am Dm7 Am F Dm7 Am
It seems his La - dy's un - heed - ing,
D C Bb Fm
Darkness falling hear her calling love has won her heart,
Em C B7
While ardent Caballero serenades.
Final Refrain:
C CM7 CM7/6 CM7 C Dm6 Dm
La - dy of Spain, I a - dore you,
G Dm6 G Dm6 G CM7/6 C
Right from the night I first saw you,
A A7 F A7 F A7 Dm
My heart has been yearn - ing for you;
D7 D6 D7 D6 D7 G7
What else could an - y heart do?
D DM7 D6 DM7 D Em6 Em
La - dy of Spain I'm a - peal - ing
A A9 A A9 A D6 D
Why should my lips be con - ceal - ing
B7 G B7 G B7 Em
All that my eyes are re - veal - ing?
G/B Em7/6 Em7 A Asus4 A D
La - dy of Spain, I love you!
*Requested by recent visitor John Cade.
**Fisher used only the first verse of this song, sandwiched between two refrains - the second verse is not all that well known. If you really want to play along with his version, capo 3 and play the first refrain, the first verse, then skip to the final refrain.