The Nearness of You
Words & Music by Ned Washington & Hoagy Carmichael
Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Also recorded by Glenn Miller, 1940 (#5)

E7 (020130@1)       A (x02220@1)   E7 (020130@1)        G/B (143121@7)    Em7
It's not the pale moon that excites me,

A+    D (xx0232@1)           Fdim (1201xx@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)A (x02220@1)F#7 (242352@1)Bm7-5  E7That (020130@1)thrills and delights me, oh, no ?

Bm7-5   E7 (020130@1)    A (x02220@1)  F#7 (242352@1) Bm7-5   E7It's (020130@1)just the near - ness of you.

E7 (020130@1)   A (x02220@1)   E7 (020130@1)      G/B (143121@7)    Em7
It isn't your sweet conversation

A+    D (xx0232@1)           Fdim (1201xx@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)A (x02220@1)F#7 (242352@1)Bm7-5  E7That (020130@1)brings this sensation, oh, no ?

Bm7-5   E7 (020130@1)    A (x02220@1)  D9   AIt's (x02220@1)just the near - ness of you.

Bridge:

Fdim
When you're in my arms,

A (x02220@1)      A7And (x02020@1)I feel you so close to me,

D (xx0232@1)     F#7 (242352@1)       Bm7 (x20202@1)G7 (320001@1)E7All (020130@1)my wildest dreams come true.



E7 (020130@1)      A (x02220@1)   E7 (020130@1)       G/B (143121@7)    Em7
I need no soft lights to enchant me,

A+    D (xx0232@1)      Fdim (1201xx@1)    Dm (xx0231@1) A (x02220@1)F#7 (242352@1)Bm7-5  E7If (020130@1)you'll only grant me the right

Bm7-5    F# (244322@1)   BmTo (x24432@1)hold you ever so tight,

Bm7-5        E7 (020130@1)   E7/6
And to feel in the night

E7 (020130@1) Bm7-5 E7 (020130@1)A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  Dm (xx0231@1) AThe (x02220@1)near - ness of you.

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