Somethin' Stupid

Words & Music by C. Carson Parks
Recorded by Frank & Nancy Sinatra, 1967 (#1 for 4 weeks)


    D             D6             DM7                 D
I know I stand in line until you think you have the time

             Em7     G/B A7    G/B   A7
To spend an evening with me;

    Em7           A7                G/B                  A7
And if we go some place to dance, I know that there's a chance

             DM7          D6   DM7   D6                     
You won't be leaving with me.

     D             D9            D7           D7/F#
Then afterward, we go into some quiet little place

            GM7     G6       Gm7
And have a drink or two;

     Em7           A7
And then I go and spoil it all,

   Em7               A7              D
By saying something stupid, like, "I love you."



Bridge:

       D              D8              D 
I can see it in your eyes that you despise

              D7                 GM7    G6
The same old lies you heard the night before;

      E                 Bm           
But though it's just a line to you,

    E7                Bm7-5            A9      A    A7 
For me it's true, and never seemed so right before.


   D             D6                DM7            D
I practice every day to find some clever line to say
 
            Em7     G/B    A7          G/B   A7
To make the meaning come through;

Em7                    A7            G/B           A7
But then I think I'll wait until the evening gets late

         DM7       D6   DM7   D6
And I'm alone with you.

      D                   D9              D7 
The time is right...your perfume fills my head, 

             D7/F#              GM7        G6      Gm7
The stars get red, and, oh, the night's so blue,

     Em7           A7
And then I go and spoil it all,

   Em7                A7              Em7  D      Gm7
By saying something stupid, like, "I love you."


Coda:

A7 Em7  D   Gm7  A7 Em7  D
I love you       I love you.



 
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