Chords for If You Were the Only Girl (In the World) - Rudy Vallée - 1929
Tempo:
84.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
A
D
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Funny, I've never met a girl like you before.
Interested in a thing like a charity benefit.
[D] And I've never met a man like you before.
You're not at all [C] the way I thought you'd be.
[A] Not a bit like a famous jazz band leader.
[D] You're not the way I thought you'd be either.
I?
[Em] Well, you couldn't have thought of me before.
[G] You didn't even know I was [C] on earth.
[Dm] Oh yes, I did.
I [Am] always knew that I was going to meet a girl like you [C] someday.
While [Em] the boys were [C] playing a song that I wrote about that [F] girl.
[Gm] [A] I'm going to sing it to you right [Am] now.
[D] [G]
[A] [Db] [G]
[C] [G] [C] If you were [A] the only [D] girl in the world [G] and I were the [C] [Dm]
[Am] only girl
Nothing [C] else [Eb] would matter [Dm] in this world
[G] We could go on [G] loving [Em] in the same old [C] way
A [A] garden
[Em] [D] just made for two
[G] With [Em] nothing to mark our [Cm] joy
[C] [G] I [C]
would [B] say [Em] such wonderful things [C] to you
[F] There [Dm] would be [C] such wonderful [A] things to
[Dm] [Am] you
If you were [G] the only [A] girl in the world and I [Ab] [G] were the only [C] girl
[D] [C]
[N]
[G] [Gm]
Interested in a thing like a charity benefit.
[D] And I've never met a man like you before.
You're not at all [C] the way I thought you'd be.
[A] Not a bit like a famous jazz band leader.
[D] You're not the way I thought you'd be either.
I?
[Em] Well, you couldn't have thought of me before.
[G] You didn't even know I was [C] on earth.
[Dm] Oh yes, I did.
I [Am] always knew that I was going to meet a girl like you [C] someday.
While [Em] the boys were [C] playing a song that I wrote about that [F] girl.
[Gm] [A] I'm going to sing it to you right [Am] now.
[D] [G]
[A] [Db] [G]
[C] [G] [C] If you were [A] the only [D] girl in the world [G] and I were the [C] [Dm]
[Am] only girl
Nothing [C] else [Eb] would matter [Dm] in this world
[G] We could go on [G] loving [Em] in the same old [C] way
A [A] garden
[Em] [D] just made for two
[G] With [Em] nothing to mark our [Cm] joy
[C] [G] I [C]
would [B] say [Em] such wonderful things [C] to you
[F] There [Dm] would be [C] such wonderful [A] things to
[Dm] [Am] you
If you were [G] the only [A] girl in the world and I [Ab] [G] were the only [C] girl
[D] [C]
[N]
[G] [Gm]
Key:
C
G
A
D
Em
C
G
A
_ Funny, I've never met a girl like you before.
Interested in a thing like a charity benefit.
[D] And I've never met a man like you before.
You're not at all [C] the way I thought you'd be.
[A] Not a bit like a famous jazz band leader.
[D] You're not the way I thought you'd be either.
I?
[Em] Well, you couldn't have thought of me before.
[G] You didn't even know I was [C] on earth.
[Dm] Oh yes, I did.
I [Am] always knew that I was going to meet a girl like you [C] someday.
While [Em] _ the boys were [C] playing a song that I wrote about that [F] girl. _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ [A] I'm going to sing it to you right [Am] now.
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] If you were [A] the only _ [D] girl in the world _ [G] and I were the _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Am] only girl
Nothing [C] else [Eb] would matter [Dm] in this world
_ _ _ [G] We could go on [G] loving [Em] in the same old [C] way
A [A] garden _ _
[Em] _ [D] just made for two
[G] With _ [Em] nothing to mark our [Cm] joy
_ [C] _ _ [G] I _ [C]
would [B] say [Em] such wonderful things [C] to you
[F] There [Dm] would be [C] such wonderful [A] things to _ _
[Dm] _ [Am] you
If you were [G] the only _ _ _ [A] girl in the world and I [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ were the only [C] girl
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm]
Interested in a thing like a charity benefit.
[D] And I've never met a man like you before.
You're not at all [C] the way I thought you'd be.
[A] Not a bit like a famous jazz band leader.
[D] You're not the way I thought you'd be either.
I?
[Em] Well, you couldn't have thought of me before.
[G] You didn't even know I was [C] on earth.
[Dm] Oh yes, I did.
I [Am] always knew that I was going to meet a girl like you [C] someday.
While [Em] _ the boys were [C] playing a song that I wrote about that [F] girl. _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ [A] I'm going to sing it to you right [Am] now.
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] If you were [A] the only _ [D] girl in the world _ [G] and I were the _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Am] only girl
Nothing [C] else [Eb] would matter [Dm] in this world
_ _ _ [G] We could go on [G] loving [Em] in the same old [C] way
A [A] garden _ _
[Em] _ [D] just made for two
[G] With _ [Em] nothing to mark our [Cm] joy
_ [C] _ _ [G] I _ [C]
would [B] say [Em] such wonderful things [C] to you
[F] There [Dm] would be [C] such wonderful [A] things to _ _
[Dm] _ [Am] you
If you were [G] the only _ _ _ [A] girl in the world and I [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ were the only [C] girl
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm]