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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.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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