Key: B
Introduction:
Bm G9 Bm G7
Black cats creep across my path until I'm almost mad
Bm F# G9
I must have roused the devil's wrath
Bb7 A
'Cause all my luck is bad
Melody
Em9 A9 F#m7 Gº
I make a date for golf, and you can bet your life it rains
Em7 A Am6 B7
I try to give a party, and the guy upstairs complains
Em7 C#m7(5-) F#7 Bm7
I guess I'll go thru life just catching colds and missing trains
Em7 A7 D6
Ev'rything happens to me
Em9 A9 F#m7 Gº
I never miss a thing I've had the measles and the mumps
Em7 A Am6 B7
And ev'rytime I play an ace, my partner always trumps
Em7 C#m7(5-) F#7 Bm7
I guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps
Em7 A7 D
Ev'rything happens to me
Bridge
Am7 D7 G9 G6
At first my heart thought you could break this jinx for me
Am7 D7 G9 G6
That love would turn the trick to end despair
G#m7 C#7 F# F#6
But now I just can't fool this head that thinks for me
Bm7 F# Bm7(5-) E7 Em7 A7
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air
Em9 A9 F#m7 Gº
I've telegraphed and phoned, and sent an airmail special, too
Em7 A Am6 B7
Your answer was "Good bye" and there was even postage due
Em7 C#m7(5-) F#7 Bm7
I fell in love just once, and then it had to be with you
Em7 A7 D D7+ B7
Ev'rything happens to me
Em7 A7 D
Ev'rything happens to me
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