Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
Shalom Secunda and Jacob Jacobs
Key: Dm
Copyright 1932

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File Created 11/24/2014
File Updated 03/23/2019

Intro Chords:

DmDmCCBbBbA7A7
        
DmDmCCBbBbA7A7
            
    
Intro Verse:

           Dm                        A7b9
Of all the boys I've known, and I've known some
        Dm                   A7b9
Until I first met you, I was lonesome
             Dm                      Gm
And when you came in sight, dear, my heart grew light
         Bb7                     A7
And this old world seemed new to me
                 
              Dm                  A7b9
You're really swell I have to  ad mit you
           Dm                    A7b9
Deserve ex pressions that really fit you
            Dm                       Gm
And so I've wracked my brain, hoping to explain
        Bb7                   A7
All the things that you do to me

Chorus Yiddish Version:
                                                 
    Dm
Bei mir bistu sheyn,
Bei mir hostu kheyn,
    A7
Bei mir bistu sheynste oyf der velt
DmDmCCBbBbA7
       

    Dm
Bei mir bistu git,
Bei mir hostu "it,"
    A7                    Dm
Bei mir bistu tayerer fun gelt.
                                                                                                                                              
           Gm
Fil sheyne meydlekh hobn shoyn
  Dm
Gevoltnemen mir,
           Gm
Un fun zey ale oysgeklibn
Bb7         A7
hob ikh nor dikh.
         
Chorus English Version:
                                      
    Dm
Bei mir bist du schoen, please let me explain
    A7                            Dm
Bei mir bist du schoen means your grand
    Dm
Bei mir bist du schoen, again I'll explain
   A7                              Dm
It means you're the fairest in the land
          
            Gm               Dm
I could say Bella Bella even sehr Wunderbar
               Gm
Each language  only helps me tell you
Bb7           A7
How grand you are
                                      
     Dm
I've tried to explain, bei mir bist du schoen
   A7                           Dm
So kiss me and say you’ll under stand
CCBbBbA7
     
DmDmCCBbBbA7
       

Chorus Yiddish Version Repeat:

    Dm
Bei mir bistu sheyn,
Bei mir hostu kheyn,
    A7                         Dm
Bei mir bistu sheynste oyf der velt
CCBbBbA7

    Dm
Bei mir bistu git,
Bei mir hostu "it,"
    A7                    Dm
Bei mir bistu tayerer fun gelt.
                                                                                              
           Gm
Fil sheyne meydlekh hobn shoyn
  Dm
Gevolt nemen mir,
           Gm
Un fun zey ale oysgeklibn
Bb7         A7
Hob ikh nor dikh.

End with:
                                         
    Dm
Bei mir bist du schoen, please let me explain
    A7                            Dm
Bei mir bist du schoen means your grand

End Chords:

DmCCBbBbA7
      
DmDmCCBbBbA7Dm6
        

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