There’ll be no teardrops tonight (1954)    (video)    (midi)

 

    D - A - A - D

 

            D                               A

1. I'll pretend I'm free from sorrow,

                   A7                          D

    make believe that wrong is right.

                             D                    G

    Your wedding day will be tomorrow,

                       D        A                D

    but there'll be no teardrops tonight.

 

                             G                            D

    Ooh, why, oh, why should you desert me ?

                    G                   D

    Are you doing this for spite ?

               D                   G

    If you only want to hurt me,

                        D         A                 D

    then there'll be no teardrops tonight.     +  G - D - G - A - A7

 

            D                         A

2. I believe that you still love me,

                        A7                        D

    when you wear your veil of white.

                    D                          G

    But you think that you're above me,

                       D        A                D

    but there'll be no teardrops tonight

 

                                  G                                D

    Oh, shame, oh, shame for what you're doing,

              G                           D

    other arms will hold you tight.

                      D                                G

    You don't care whose life you're ruining,

                       D        A                 D 

    but there'll be no teardrops tonight !      +  D - A - A - D

 

(midi in G)    (Tony Bennett)