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I Wanna Be Around

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I Cwanna be aC9round to Cpick up the Cdimpieces
When sDm7omebody bEdimreaks your heDm7art,G7  
When sDm7omebody Edimtwice as Dm7smart G9as CI.Cdim  Dm7  G7  
A sBbM7omebody AM7who will sBbM7wear to be tA7rue,
               Dm        A7      DmDm+7       Dm7  Dm6  
LIke you used to do with me,
Who'll lDeave you to D7learn that mDmis'ry loves Dm7companG7y,
Wait and G7+5see!
I wCanna be arC9ound to sCee how he Cdimdoes it,
When Dm7he breaks your Edimheart to Dm7bits;G7  
CdimLet's Dm7see if the Edimpuzzle Dm7fits Fso E7fine.Bm7-5  Fdim  E7  
TBm7-5hat's when I'll disA7cover that reBm7-5venge is sA7weet,
As D9I sit there applD7auding from a fD9ront row sD7eat
When soDmmebody breaks your hDm7eart
       Dm7-5G7/6       C    Edim    Dm7     G  G+  
Like  you   broke mine.
(Instrumental interlude -- 1st 3 lines of verse)
Bm7-5That's when I'll disA7cover that reBm7-5venge is swA7eet,
As D9I sit there appD7lauding from a fD9ront row D7seat
When sDmomebody breaks your hDm7eart
         Dm7-5G7/6            C     Fdim       G  CM7  
Like you, like you broke mine

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I Wanna Be Around

by Tony Bennett

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cdim

Dm7

Edim

BbM7

AM7

Dm6

G7+5

Bm7-5

Fdim

Dm7-5

G+

CM7

C C9 C Cdim

I wanna be around to pick up the pieces

Dm7 Edim Dm7 G7

When somebody breaks your heart,

Dm7 Edim Dm7 G9 C Cdim Dm7 G7

When somebody twice as smart as I.

BbM7 AM7 BbM7 A7

A somebody who will swear to be true,

Dm A7 Dm Dm7 Dm6

Dm+7

LIke you used to do with me,

D D7 Dm Dm7 G7

Who'll leave you to learn that mis'ry loves company,

G7+5

Wait and see!

C C9 C Cdim

I wanna be around to see how he does it,

Dm7 Edim Dm7 G7

When he breaks your heart to bits;

Cdim Dm7 Edim Dm7 F E7 Bm7-5 Fdim E7

Let's see if the puzzle fits so fine.

Bm7-5 A7 Bm7-5 A7

That's when I'll discover that revenge is sweet,

D9 D7 D9 D7

As I sit there applauding from a front row seat

Dm Dm7

When somebody breaks your heart

Dm7-5 C Edim Dm7 G G+

G7/6

Like you broke mine.

(Instrumental interlude -- 1st 3 lines of verse)

Bm7-5 A7 Bm7-5 A7

That's when I'll discover that revenge is sweet,

D9 D7 D9 D7

As I sit there applauding from a front row seat

Dm Dm7

When somebody breaks your heart

Dm7-5 C Fdim G CM7

G7/6

Like you, like you broke mine

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