This nearly was mine
G - Cm - G - D - G
C
F C G Gm F
1. One dream in my heart, one love to be living for,
C Am
Dm C
F
C
one
love to be living for, this nearly was mine.
C
F Fm - C G Gm
F
2. One girl for my dream, one
partner in paradise,
C
Am Dm
C F C
this
promise of paradise, this nearly was mine.
F C F C G C
Close to my heart she came,
only to fly away,
F
C F D7
G - Fm - G7
only
to fly as day flies from moonlight !
C F Fm - C G Gm F
3. Now, now I'm alone, still dreaming of paradise,
C Am
F C
F C
still
saying that paradise once nearly was mine.
Em
B7 Em B7
I'll keep remembering kisses from
lips I've never owned,
G D G D G
and
all the lovely adventures that we have never known.
C
F Fm - C
G Gm F
4. One dream in my heart, one love to be living for,
C Am
F C F C
one
love to be living for, this nearly was mine.
F C F C
G C
Close to my heart she came,
only to fly away,
F C F
D7 G - Fm - G7
only
to fly as day flies from moonlight !
C F Fm - C
G Gm F
5. Now, now I'm alone, still
dreaming of paradise,
C Am F C
F
C
still
saying that paradise once nearly was mine.
(Rodgers & Hammerstein)