Chords for Three Letters/Tonight at Eight

_ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [F] When the day [E] brings petty [Dm] _
[F] aggravations, and [A] my poor, [E] afraid nerves are all [Dm] askew,
_ [F] I forget [E] these [Dm] unimportant _ [Db] matters, pouring out [Em] my hopes and dreams [Bbm] to you.
_ [F] As I rest [Em] my pen and [Dm] look around [Db] me, [Bb] I can see [E] the summer _ [Ab] disappear.
[Gm] _ _ [F] Oh, dear friend, [C] all at once [F] _
autumn's here.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ Dear _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
friend, _ [F] with November just [Dm] around the corner, [F] I've a feeling you may also share.
_ I feel an [Dm]
undertone of discord, [Am] and a sense [Db] of tension in the [G] air.
[C] Really, Mr.
Novak, must this sidewalk always be covered with leaves?
Well, no, sir, but _ I_
Mr. Marichek!
_ _ [F] _
If it weren't for your endearing letters, [Bb] I'd be flying south with all [Gm] the [Bb]
geese.
_ [Eb] By the [Gm] way, [C] have you [D] read [F] War and Peace?
[E] _ _
_ _ Look!
Winter!
[Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Dear friend, have you set your calendar [Dm] for Tuesday?
_ [F] We bring this chapter [Dm] to a _ [F] close, when I meet my [Dm] lady of the letters,
who puts [Em] tiny faces [Gm] in her [C] rose.
[F] In the freezing winter, [Dm] she'll be [F] sleepy.
[Bb] I'll be warmly waiting for a _ date.
[Dm] Until [D] then, [Gm] count [C] the hours.
Oh, I'm late [A] for work!
_ _ [F] _
I'm nervous and [B] upset, _ because this girl I've never [D] met, I get to meet tonight at eight.
_ [A] I'm taking her to dinner at a charming old cafe, but who [D] can eat tonight [Dbm] at eight?
[Gb] _ It's early in the morning [E] and our date is not till eight o'clock tonight, [A] and yet already [Am] I can [D] see
[G] _
what a [Gm] nightmare this holiday [F] will be.
_ [A] _ _ [Em] I haven't [A] slept a wink, I only think of our approaching [D] dead-not-dead tonight at eight.
[Em] I feel a combination of depression [Gb] and elation, [Bm] what a state to [Am] wait till eight! _
[G] _ Three more [Ab] minutes, two more [Bm] seconds, ten more hours to [E] go.
In spite [A] of all I've written, [Em] she may not be [A] very smitten, and [D] my [G] hopes, perhaps, [C] may all [F] collapse, kaput, tonight [Bm] at eight.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
I wish [A] I knew exactly [Em] how I'll act and what will [D] happen when we dine tonight at eight.
_ [A] [Em] I know I'll [A] drop the silverware, but will [Ab] I spill the water or [D] the wine tonight at [Gb] eight?
_ [B] Tonight I'll walk right up and sit right [E] down beside the [A] smartest girl in town, [Gbm] and then it's [Em] anybody's _ [G] guess.
More and more [Gm] I'm [Ab] breathing [F] west and west.
[A] _ _
[Em] In my imagination I can hear our [A] conversation [D] taking shape tonight [N] at eight.
_ [Em] I'll sit [A] there saying absolutely nothing, or I'll [Bm] jab her like an [Bb] ape tonight [Am] at eight.
_ [D] _ [G] Two more [Abm] minutes, three more [Bm] seconds, ten more hours to [E]
go.
I'll know when [A] this is done, if something's [D] ended or begun, and if it goes, [Eb] all right, who [Dm] knows, I might [Gb]
propose [G] tonight [Ab] at eight.
[D] _ _ _