Zing! Went The Strings of My Heart

Words & Music by James F. Hanley
Recorded by Judy Garland, 1938


D     A7        Em7      D  Bm7 F#7    Bm       F#7
Dear, when you smiled at me, I heard a mel - o - dy;

Em B+      Em7 Em6      A7   Edim  G  A7
It haunted me from the start.

G       G/F#      Em7  Em6    Gm   Gdim  Edim         Gm7
Some - thing in - side of me star - ted a sym - pho - ny --

D     Bm7       E7     Bm7-5    A     Dm6  Cdim  A7
Zing! Went the strings  of  my heart.


D     A7       Em7      D     Bm7 F#7    Bm       F#7
'Twas like a breath of spring; I heard a rob - in sing

Em  B+      Em7 Em6      A7   Edim  G  A7
   'Bout a nest set a - part;

G   G/F#      Em7      Em6 Gm Gdim      Edim       Gm7
All na - ture seemed to be in per - fect har - mo - ny --

D     Bm7       E7     A7     D    G   Gdim  D
Zing! Went the strings of my heart.

 
Bridge:

     Em7        A7         D            D6
Your eyes made skies seem blue again;

Em7        A7     D           D6
What else could I do again?

G#m7       C#7      D           E7          A7  Bm7-5 Gdim  A7  
But keep repeating through and through, "I love  you, love you."


D  A7        Em7        D      Bm7 F#7    Bm        F#7
I still re - call the thrill -- I guess I al - ways will;

Em  B+        Em7   Em6    A7   Edim  G  A7
I  hope 'twil never     depart.

G   G/F#      Em7      Em6  Gm   Gdim       Edim     Gm7
Dear with your lips to mine,   a rhap - so - dy di - vine

D     Bm7       E7     A7      D
Zing! Went the strings of my heart.




 
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