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BbBeing       F7sus  F7in C#dimlove used to Bbbe my G7fav'rite Cm7dream  Gm7Oh, Cm7yes
F7I've been Bdimin   F7love more than anybody Aelse Bbhas EbI  Bbguess
My Eb6first love F7heroic'ly ran the BbstreetcarG7-9  
 I Cm7tingled    at F7ev'ry clang DclangBdim  
FNext I C7fell for the FprincipalD7  
But, G9oh that C7teacher who Fsang "Cm7In the F7Gloamin'."
BbKnee-deep      F7sus  F7in C#dimlove--what a Bblovely G7dream! And Cm7yet,  Gm7someCm7how
F7Me deep Bdimin   F7love's only half of what I'm AlongBbing Ebfor Bbnow
I Eb6still love my F7being in love with BbsomeoneG7-9  
But Cm7tell me,  why F7couldn't there D7beG7  
CmSomebody being in Cm7love F7with Bbme?Bdim  Cm7  F7  
BbBeing       F7sus  F7in C#dimlove used to Bbbe my G7fav'rite Cm7dream  Gm7Oh, Cm7yes
F7I've been Bdimin   F7love more than anybody Aelse Bbhas EbI  Bbguess
My Eb6first love F7heroic'ly ran the BbstreetcarG7-9  
 I Cm7tingled    at F7ev'ry clang DclangBdim  
FNext I C7fell for the FprincipalD7  
But, G9oh that C7teacher who Fsang "Cm7In the F7Gloamin'."
BbBeing      F7susin F7lovC#dime--what a lovBbely dreG7am! And C7yet,  Gm7someC7how
F7Being Bdimin   F7love's only half of what I'm AlongBbing Ebfor Bbnow
And Eb6so then, toF7night I'll be in there BbdreamingG7-9  
And Cm7hoping that F7some day I'll D7see, *just G7once!*
CmSomebody being in Cm7love F7-9with Bbme.Cm7  F7  Bb  

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Being In Love

by Meredith Willson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F7sus

C#dim

Cm7

Gm7

Bdim

Eb6

G7-9

F7-9

Bb F7sus F7 C#dim Bb G7 Cm7 Gm7 Cm7

Being in love used to be my fav'rite dream Oh, yes

F7 Bdim F7 A Bb Eb Bb

I've been in love more than anybody else has I guess

Eb6 F7 Bb G7-9

My first love heroic'ly ran the streetcar

Cm7 F7 D Bdim

I tingled at ev'ry clang clang

F C7 F D7

Next I fell for the principal

G9 C7 F Cm7 F7

But, oh that teacher who sang "In the Gloamin'."

Bb F7sus F7 C#dim Bb G7 Cm7 Gm7 Cm7

Knee-deep in love--what a lovely dream! And yet, somehow

F7 Bdim F7 A Bb Eb Bb

Me deep in love's only half of what I'm longing for now

Eb6 F7 Bb G7-9

I still love my being in love with someone

Cm7 F7 D7 G7

But tell me, why couldn't there be

Cm Cm7 F7 Bb Bdim Cm7 F7

Somebody being in love with me?

Bb F7sus F7 C#dim Bb G7 Cm7 Gm7 Cm7

Being in love used to be my fav'rite dream Oh, yes

F7 Bdim F7 A Bb Eb Bb

I've been in love more than anybody else has I guess

Eb6 F7 Bb G7-9

My first love heroic'ly ran the streetcar

Cm7 F7 D Bdim

I tingled at ev'ry clang clang

F C7 F D7

Next I fell for the principal

G9 C7 F Cm7 F7

But, oh that teacher who sang "In the Gloamin'."

Bb F7sus F7 C#dim Bb G7 C7 Gm7 C7

Being in love--what a lovely dream! And yet, somehow

F7 Bdim F7 A Bb Eb Bb

Being in love's only half of what I'm longing for now

Eb6 F7 Bb G7-9

And so then, tonight I'll be in there dreaming

Cm7 F7 D7 G7

And hoping that some day I'll see, *just once!*

Cm Cm7 F7-9 Bb Cm7 F7 Bb

Somebody being in love with me.

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