She Loves Me

Intro: Bb/F And suddenly all of my confidence Dribbled away with a pitiful plop Bb/F My head was beginning to swim Eb/G And my forehead was covered with cold perspiration I started to reach for a book And my hand automatically came to a stop F7/A I don't know how long I stood frozen Bb A victim of panic and mortification Em7 A7 Ooh, how I wanted to flee Dm7 G7 Cm7 When a kindly voice, a gentle voice F7 Bb {Bb+} Bb {Bb+} Bb {Bb+} Bb Whispered, "Pardon me" [Verso 1] Bb {Bb+} And there was this dear, sweet Bb {Bb+} Bb {Bb+} Bb Clearly respectable, thickly bespectacled man Bb {Bb+} Bb {Bb+} Ebm7 Who stood by my side and quietly said to me Ab7 Ebm Ebm6 Ebm "Ma'm', don't mean to intrude but I was just Ebm6 Ebm Ebm6 Ebm Wondering are you need of some help" Ab7 Dbmaj7 F7 Bbmaj7 I said, "No... yes I am" [Verso 2] Bb {Bb+} Bb {Bb+} The next thing I know I'm sipping hot chocolate Bb {Bb+} Bb {Bb+} And telling my troubles to Paul whose tender brown eyes Bb {Bb+} Bb Eb Ebdim7 Kept sending compassionate looks Bb6/F Bb/F Cm7/Gb D7/F# D7/A Gm A trip to the li - bra - ry has made a new girl of me Bb7/C Bb/C F9 Bb For suddenly I can see, the magic of books [Verso 3] Bb/F I have to admit in the back of my mind I was praying he wouldn't get fresh Bb/F And all of the while I was wondering Eb/G Why an illiterate girl should attract him Then all of a sudden he said That I couldn't go wrong with 'The Way Of All Flesh' F7/A Of course it's a novel but I didn't know Bb Or I certainly wouldn't have smacked him Em7 A7 Well, he gave me a smile that I couldn't resist Dm7 G7 Cm7 F7 Bb {Bb+} Bb {Bb+} Bb {Bb+} Bb And I knew at once how much I liked this optometrist [Verso 4] Bb {Bb+} You know what this dear, sweet Bb {Bb+} Bb {Bb+} Bb Slightly bespectacled gentlemen said to me next? Bb {Bb+} Bb {Bb+} He said he could solve this problem of mine Ebm7 Ab7 I said, "How?" Ebm Ebm6 Ebm Ebm+ He said, if I'd like he'd willingly read to me Ebm Ebm6 Ebm Ab7 Dbmaj7 Some of his favorite things, I said "When?" F7 Bbmaj7 He said "Now" [Verso 5] Bb {Bb+} Bb {Bb+} His novel approach seamed highly suspicious Bb {Bb+} Bb And possibly dangerous too Bb7M Bb {Bb+} Bb Eb Ebdim7 I told myself, "Wait, think, dare you go up to his flat? Bb6/F Bb/F Cm7/Gb What happens if things go wrong D7/F# D7/A Gm It's obvious he's quite strong" Bb7/C Bb/C F9 Bb F#7sus He read to me all night long, now how about that [Verso 6] F#7 B {B+} B6 It's hard to believe how truly B7 B6 {B+} B Domestic and happily hopeful I feel B {B+} I picture my Paul there B6 B7 E6 Reading aloud as I cook G#dim7/F G#dim7/F# {G+} As long as he's there to read C#m7/G Eb7/G G#m7 There's quite a good chance indeed Bmaj7/C# C#9 F#9 B6 A chance that I'll ne- ver need to open a book Finale: C#9 Unlike someone else F#9 B9 Someone I dimly recall D#m7 G#7 C#9 F#7 I know he'll only have eyes for me B B6 My optometrist Paul