Carmen McRae

Speak Low(Chords)

Carmen McRae

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	        C7/9   Gm9 C9                       Gm9 
Speak low    when you speak, love 
C9                 Gm9  C9         Gm9 C7  F6            D7    
Our summer day    withers away  too soon, too soon 
           Bbm  Eb/9                   Bbm     
Speak low   when you speak, love 
        Eb9            G9                      C9     C7/9            F6          D7 Gm7 C5  
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we're swept apart, too      soon 
C7/9   Gm9 C9                   Gm9 
Speak low,   darling, speak low 
C9           Gm9   C9            Gm9  C9  F6          D7     
Love is a spark, lost in the dark   too soon, too soon 
   Bbm     Eb9     Bbm        Eb9             G9                      C9          C7/9-           F 
I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here and always too soon 
Fm7                        Abm              Eb7M                          Fdim   E7  
Time is so old and love so brief love is pure gold and time    a   thief 
C5    Gm9  C9                Gm9 
We're late, darling, we're late 
         C9         Gm9      C9            Gm9  C7   F6           D   
The curtain descends, ev'ry thing ends  too soon, too soon 
   Bbm  Gm5-/7  F 
I wait, darling, I wait 
         Bb7/13- D7     G9                       C7/9/13-           F 
Will you        speak low to me, speak love to me and soon  
C7/9   Gm9 C9                       Gm9 C9                 Gm9  C9         Gm9 C7  F6            D7    
Speak low    when you speak, love  our summer day    withers away  too soon, too soon 
           Bbm  Eb/9                   Bbm     
Speak low   when you speak, love 
        Eb9            G9                      C9     C7/9            F6          D7 Gm7 C5  
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we're swept apart, too      soon 
C7/9   Gm9 C9                   Gm9 C9           Gm9   C9            Gm9  C9  F6          D7     
Speak low,   darling, speak low   love is a spark, lost in the dark   too soon, too soon 
   Bbm     Eb9     Bbm        Eb9             G9                      C9          C7/9-           F 
I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here and always too soon 
Fm7                        Abm   
Time is so old and love so brief 
Eb7M                          Fdim   E7  
Love is pure gold and time    a   thief 
C5    Gm9  C9                Gm9 
We're late, darling, we're late 
         C9         Gm9      C9            Gm9  C7   F6           D       Bbm  Gm5-/7  F 
The curtain descends, ev'ry thing ends  too soon, too soon I wait, darling, I wait 
         Bb7/13- D7     G9                       C7/9/13-           F 
Will you        speak low to me, speak love to me and soon
	        

Written by Ogden Nash/Kurt Weill

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