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Invitation

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[Intro]
Cm7
[Verse 1]
YoCm7u and your smile Cm7hold a strange       invCm7itation   SomCm7ehow it
seCm7ems We've shed our F7dream but weBb7'reBb7  
TiEbm7me after time in Ebm7a room full of       straEbm7ngers    Out oEbm7f the
blEbm7ue, suddenly yAb7ou were      thDb7b9ereDb7b9  
[Bridge]
WhDbm7erever I go yoDbm7u're tGb7#9he glow of teBm7mptation,Bm7  
GlBbm7ancing my way Bbm7in the E7#9grey of the daAm7wnAm7  
AnAm7d always your smiAm7le hoD7#9lds that strange invGm7itation     Gm7Then you are
goEbmb5ne       Eb7Where oh where have you gD7oneG7  
[Verse 2]
HoCm7w long must I liCm7ve in a world of illuCm7sion      Be Cm7where you
arCm7e so near yet so F7far,          apaBb7rtBb7  
HoEbm7ping you'll say Ebm7with a sweet invitation           B7#11WhB7#11ere have you
beF7#9en, darling come iBb7#9n Into my heEbmMaj7artEbmMaj7  

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Invitation

by Rosemary Clooney

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cm7

Bb7

Ebm7

Ab7

Db7b9

Dbm7

Gb7#9

Bm7

Bbm7

E7#9

Am7

D7#9

Gm7

Ebmb5

Eb7

B7#11

F7#9

Bb7#9

EbmMaj7

[Intro]

Cm7

[Verse 1]

Cm7 Cm7 Cm7 Cm7

You and your smile hold a strange invitation Somehow it

Cm7 F7 Bb7 Bb7

seems We've shed our dream but we're

Ebm7 Ebm7 Ebm7 Ebm7

Time after time in a room full of strangers Out of the

Ebm7 Ab7 Db7b9 Db7b9

blue, suddenly you were there

[Bridge]

Dbm7 Dbm7 Gb7#9 Bm7 Bm7

Wherever I go you're the glow of temptation,

Bbm7 Bbm7 E7#9 Am7 Am7

Glancing my way in the grey of the dawn

Am7 Am7 D7#9 Gm7 Gm7

And always your smile holds that strange invitation Then you are

Ebmb5 Eb7 D7 G7

gone Where oh where have you gone

[Verse 2]

Cm7 Cm7 Cm7 Cm7

How long must I live in a world of illusion Be where you

Cm7 F7 Bb7 Bb7

are so near yet so far, apart

Ebm7 Ebm7 B7#11 B7#11

Hoping you'll say with a sweet invitation Where have you

F7#9 Bb7#9 EbmMaj7 EbmMaj7

been, darling come in Into my heart

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