One Morning In May

Words & Music by Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish, 1933
Recorded by Mel Torme, 1994


 D   B7        E7  Bm7-5       Cdim   A7
One morning in May, don't for - get, dear

Fdim  D   B7        E7 Bm7-5   Cdim  A7
That one wonderful day when we met, dear

Fdim   D   D7 D7/9 D9   G   Bm7-5
The  world o - ver was blue clover

     G   G/F#  Em7   Em6      A7  Em7  Cdim  A7
And life      care - free and gay


D   B7         E7  Bm7-5    Cdim   A7
One morning in May, oh, the rap - ture,

Fdim  D     B7         E7  Bm7-5    Cdim   A7
To - night darling, I pray  to  re - cap - ture

Fdim  D  D7  D7/9  D9  G   Bm7-5 E7-9
Just one ho - ur,      one flow - er

 D    Bm7   G   Edim     D
From love's fa - ded bouquet.


 G    G/F#      A7   Em7       D  F#m  Edim    Bm7
Kiss - es that came with the flame of spring - time

G    G/F#        A7 Edim     D 
Burn - ing your name in my heart

Cdim    B7 Cdim    B7    E        C#m7
Prec - ious to me like a ro - sa - ry

 E   D9  E7/6 Bm7-5 A   AM7  A7
Now that we're a - part


D   B7         E7  Bm7-5   Cdim   A7
One morning in May  to re - mem - ber

Fdim  D     B7        E7 Bm7-5  Cdim  A7
That  love smolders away  to  an em - ber

Fdim  D    D7   D7/9  D9  G    Bm7-5 E7-9
And dreams per - ish,    we'll still cherish

     D    Bm7    G      Edim D
That one,    one morning in May.


*Requested by recent visitor Ed Zoerner


 
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