When They Ask About You

Words & Music by Sam H. Stept, 1943
Recorded by Jimmy Dorsey, 1944 (#4), Kitty Kallen Vocal


Intro Verse:

D9        G7      Am7  G7      D9        G7      Am7    G
I'm so afraid of goin' out, and I'm so tired of stayin' in,

G  D9      G       Am7    G7     
My future doesn't look serene;

             C7       C7/G    Gdim                Edim
'Cause ev'ry time I go out, I wish that I'd stayed in --

     C7         Cdim     D7
It's always the same routine.


Melody:

 D9    Am7 Cdim   G  Am7 Cm7-5 G               Am7    D9  G   Am7  D9  G
When I go  for a walk            and meet old friends we knew,

         G7             C    Em7  Edim  D7           Am7  Cdim  G
We sit around and just talk,               then they ask about you.


D9           Am7 Cdim  G  Am7 Cm7-5 G             Am7 D9  G   Am7  D9  G
What's the good if I  say             that you and I  are thru?

   G7                C  Em7 Edim D7           Am7  Cdim  G  C Cdim  G
I tell them you're away             when they ask about you.


Bridge:

             G7         Am        C     Cdim   G6   Am7  Cdim  G
They wonder where we've been and why we never call,

G  G6  G5 G6 Cdim  A  Em7  A            Em7  A7   D7    Am7 Cm7-5  D7
I take it on the  chin       until the teardrops fall.


D9            Am7 Cdim G  Am7 Cm7-5 G           Am7   D9  G   Am7  D9  G
They don't mean to be smart,         but if they on - ly knew,

         G7             C  Em7 Edim D7           Am7  Cdim  G
They're stepping on my heart           when they ask about you.


*Requested by recent visitor Thomas Barnett.

 
 


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