Introdução Verse:
BmG9BmG7
Black cats creep across my path until I'm almost mad
BmF#G9
I must have roused the devil's wrath
A#7A
'Cause all my luck is bad
Melody
Em9A9F#m7Gdim
I make a date for golf, and you can bet your life it rains
Em7AAm6B7
I try to give a party, and the guy upstairs complains
Em7C#5-/m F#7Bm7
I guess I'll go thru life just catching colds and missing trains
Em7A7D6
Ev'rything happens to me
Em9A9F#m7Gdim
I never miss a thing I've had the measles and the mumps
Em7AAm6B7
And ev'rytime I play an ace, my partner always trumps
Em7C#m5-/7 F#7Bm7
I guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps
Em7A7D
Ev'rything happens to me
BridgeAm7D7G9G6
At first my heart thought you could break this jinx for me
Am7D7G9G6
That love would turn the trick to end despair
G#m7C#7F#F#6
But now I just can't fool this head that thinks for me
Bm7F#Bm5-/7 E7Em7A7
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air
Em9A9F#m7Gdim
I've telegraphed and phoned, and sent an airmail special, too
Em7AAm6B7
Your answer was "Good bye" and there was even postage due
Em7C#m5-/7 F#7Bm7
I fell in love just once, and then it had to be with you
Em7A7D D7M B7
Ev'rything happens to me
Em7A7D
Ev'rything happens to me
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