Nola

Words & Music by James F. Burns, Sunny Skylar & Felix Arndt, 1916
Recorded by Billy Williams, 1959 (#39)


A        Cdim    A          D9  A       D9      Cdim    A
No-la is like a dream come true, she's sweet and un-af-fec-ted,

B7         Fdim(III)     B7    Cdim B7    Edim   Bm7-5    B7
Ev'-ry-thing  No -  la seems to do     is real-ly  un-ex-pec-ted;

E7          D9      Bm7-5    Cdim E     D9     Edim     E7
No-la has twink-ling eyes of blue  and cher-ry lips per-fec-ted;

A            F#m      Cdim         A      Edim D9 E7  
Ev'-ry-thing nice like su-gar and spice is     No-la.


A          Cdim      A         D9  A      D9      Cdim      A
Walk-ing a-long the thor-ough-fare    she al-ways draws at-ten-tion;

B7       Fdim(III)   B7      Cdim  B7       Edim      Bm7-5      B7
All of the fel-lows stop and stare,  she's called the fourth di-men-sion.

E7          D9        Bm7-5      Cdim E     D9      Edim     E7
But if they think that she could care, it's mere mis-ap-pre-hen-sion --

A            F#m    Cdim         A  E7     D9  A
Wait'-ll you see the an-gel and me,   it's No-la.



Bridge:

D      E7-9     A7               Gdim  Bm7-5    F#m     A(V)
On her hand she wears a di'-mond ring, might-y pret-ty thing,

D       F#m7     G         A7
I'm the one who saved and bought it.

 D         E7-9      F#m    A7    Cdim Gdim   B7      B7/F#  Cdim  B7
There's a house with ro-ses all a-round it -- awf'-ly glad I found it,

 A    Edim   Cdim     A7
Luck-y I can just af-ford it.

  D        E7-9      A7               Gdim   Bm7-5     F#m    A(V)
When she's near, the win-ter turns to spring, bells be-gin to ring,

 D       F#m7     G       A7
There's a mag-ic charm a-bout her.

D7        G   G/F#      Em7 Edim  D
She's di-vine and she's mine all mine --

A7      D   Em7     B7  Cdim A7 D
I'm in love, so in love with No-la.



A       D9    Cdim    A      B7     D9    Cdim    B7
Eyes...that...haunt...you...lips...that...taunt...you...

 E     Bm7-5   E7/6     E7     A     A F#m Cdim A Edim D9 E7  
Kiss...that...tastes...like...wine.

A    D9    Cdim    A     B7     D9    Cdim    B7
If...you...knew...her...you'd...pur-...sue...her...

E     Bm7-5   E7/6   E7      A     
But...she's...mine...all...mine.



Repeat first verse


*Requested by recent visitor Susan Brady.


 
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