Key: G
Introduction:
G CºEm Bm7 Bbm7
Sweet one, fairer than the flowers
Am7 D7 Am7 Cº G
Never will I meet one sweeter than you
G Cº Em6 A9 A7(9)
Would you turn away, or could you really learn to care
C C/B Am7 Am7/G Cº D7
If I ever dare to say, "I love you"
Am7 Cº D7
If the nightingales could sing like you
G Cº Bm7(b5) E7
They'd sing much sweeter than they do
A7 Gº Am7 Cº G Eº Am7 D7
For you've brought a new kind of love to me
Am7 Cº D7
If the sandman brought me dreams of you
G Cº Bm7(b5) E7
I'd want to sleep my whole life through
A7 Gº Am7 Cº G Cm G
For you've brought a new kind of love to me
Bridge
F#7 Em B7 Em7 Em6
I know that you're the slave, I'm the queen
C7 B7 Em
But still, you can understand
Eº D F#m Bm7 Bm7/E A7 Am7 D7
That underneath it all, I'm a maid, and you are only a man
Am7 Cº D7
I would work and slave the whole day through
G D7 Am7 D9 E7 Bm7(b5) E7
If I could hurry home to you
A7 Gº Am7 Cº G Am7 Cm G
For you brought a new kind of love to me
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