My Melancholy Baby (G)
Music by Ernie Burnett
Key: G
Lyrics by George A. Norton
Copyright 1912

Chords and Lyrics provided by Judy Muldawer
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File created 11/22/2014
File Edited 06/06/2019

Verse 1:

G                 D#7
 Come, sweetheart mine,
G             D#7
Don't sit and pine
G                         Gadd9
Tell me of the cares that make you
G      Gdim D7
feel so blue
Am          G#dim
What have I done,
Am         G#dim
 Answer me hun
A7                         Am      D7
Have I ever said an unkind word to you?

G          D#7
My love is true,
G            D#7
And just for you
G                 Gadd9
I'd do almost any-thing
   G  GdimD7
At an  y time

A7
Dear when you sigh,
D           B7
Or when you cry
Em                 A7
Something seems to grip this very
Am       D#7 D7
heart of mine

Chorus:

G                        F7 E7
Come to me my melancholy ba by
Am            E7       Am   E7Am
Cuddle up and don't be blue
D7                                A7     D7
All your fears are foolish fancy,  may - bes
G         C#dim
 You know  dear,that
A7     Am7       D7  G#dimD7
I'm in love with you

G                              F7  E7
Every cloud must have a silver lin-ing
Am             E7         Am     E7Am
Wait until the sun shines through
C              C#dim
Smile my honey dear,
        G              E7
While I kiss away each tear
   Am              D7         G   GdimD7
Or else I shall be melancholy too.

Verse 2:

G            D#7
Birds in the trees,
G          D#7
Whispering breeze
G                  Gadd9
Should not fail to lull you into
G     Gdim D7
peace  ful dreams.
Am         G#dim
So tell me why,
Am        G#dim
sadly you sigh
A7
Sitting at the window
          Am        D7
Where the pale moon beams

G             D#7
You shouldn't grieve,
G        D#7
Try to believe,
G              Gadd9
Life is always sunshine
         G     Gdim  D7
When the heart beats true

A7
Be of good cheer,
D                  B7
Smile through your tears
Em                 A7
When you're sad it makes me feel
    Am   D#7 D7
The same  as you

              G
Chorus Repeat:

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