Intro verse:
Bm Bm7/E Em7 Em7-5
Why did I wander here and there and yonder,
D Em9 D G6 A7
Wasting precious time for no reason or rhyme?
D C#7 C7 B7
Isn't it a pity? Isn't it a crime?
E E9 Em7 Em7-5
My journey's ended, everything is splendid;
D C#m7-5
Meeting you today
F#m Bm7-5 B7 E7sus4 E7 A7
Has given me a wonderful idea -- here I stay.
Melody:
D F#m7
It's a funny thing --
G C#7 F#m B7 Em A7
I look at you, I get a thrill I never knew.
D Bm7 G D9 A7 Em7 A7sus4 D Fdim Em7 - G/B - A7sus4 - A7
Isn't it a pity we nev - er met be - fore?
D F#m7
Here we are at last --
G C#7 F#m B7 Em A7
It's like a dream, the two of us a perfect team.
D Bm7 G D9 A7 Em7 A7sus4 D Em7
Isn't it a pity we nev - er met be - fore?
Bridge 1:
F#m C#7 Bm F#m Bm7 C#7 C#m7-5 Bm7-5
Imagine all the lonely years we've wasted
F#m F#m7 B7
You with the neighbors, I at silly labors --
A6 F#m Bm7 E7
What joys un-tas - ted,
D9 D6/9 Bm7-5 A7
You reading Heine, me somewhere in China.
D F#m7
Let's forget the past;
G C#7 F#m B7 Em A7
Let's both agree that I'm for you and you're for me
D Bm7 G D9 Em7 A7sus4 D
And it's such a pity we never, never met be - fore.
Bridge 2:
F#m C#7 Bm F#m Bm7 C#7 C#m7-5 Bm7-5
Imagine all the lonely year's we've wasted,
F#m F#m7 B7
Fishing for salmon, losing at backgammon.
A6 F#m Bm7 E7
What joys un-tas - ted,
D9 D6/9 Bm7-5 A7
My nights were sour spent with Schopenhauer.
D F#m7
Let's forget the past;
G C#7 F#m B7 Em A7
Let's both agree that I'm for you and you're for me
D Bm7 G D9 Em7 A7sus4 D
And it's such a pity we never, never met be - fore.
