John Pizzarelli

Isn't It A Pity(Chords)

John Pizzarelli

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Introd.: Verse 

Bm        Bm7/E  Em7                Em5-/7 
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           Em5-/7 
My journey's ended, everything is splendid 
D            C#m5-/7 
Meeting you today 
    F#m       Bm5-/7       B7    E4/7   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 A4/7  D Fdim Em7 G/B A4/7 A7 
Isn't it a pity we never met   before 
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 A4/7 D Em7 
Isn't it a pity we never met   before 

Bridge:

F#m C#7 Bm F#m Bm7 C#7 C#m5-/7 Bm5-/7 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 untasted D9 D6/9 Bm5-/7 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 A4/7 D And it's such a pity we never, never met before

Bridge:

F#m C#7 Bm F#m Bm7 C#7 C#m5-/7 Bm5-/7 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 untasted D9 D6/9 Bm5-/7 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 A4/7 D And it's such a pity we never, never met before

Written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin

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