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SWEET ADELINE
 Original Sheet Music
   Words by Richard H. Gerard    Music by Henry Armstrong
1903
4-Bar Intro

Verse 1

                            Bb              Eb           Bb
                      IN THE EVE-NING WHEN I SIT A-LONE A-DREAM-ING,
                              F7        C7  F7             Bb  B° F7
                           OF DAYS GONE BY, LOVE, TO ME SO DEAR;
                              Bb               Eb            Bb
                    THERE'S A PIC-TURE THAT IN FAN-CY OFT AP-PEAR-ING
                             G7       C7          F7            Bb
                      BRINGS BACK THE TIME, LOVE, WHEN YOU WERE NEAR;
                                   Bb7     Eb        Fm      Bb
                      IT IS THEN I WON-DER WHERE YOU ARE, MY DAR-LING,
                             C7                               F7
                         AND IF YOUR HEART TO ME IS STILL THE SAME,
                            Bb                Eb              Bb
                    FOR THE SIGH-ING WIND AND NIGHT-IN-GALE A-SING-ING,
                             G7         C7    F7             Bb Eb Ebm Bb
                         AND BREATH-ING ON-LY YOUR OWN SWEET NAME.

Verse 2

                           Bb                Eb              Bb
                     I CAN SEE YOUR SMIL-ING FACE AS WHEN WE WAN-DERED,
                                G7     C7          F7           Bb  B#°  F7
                           DOWN BY THE BROOK-SIDE, JUST YOU AND I;
                              Bb               Eb              Bb
                       AND IT SEEMS SO REAL AT TIMES, 'TIL I A-WAK-EN
                             G7       C7         F7            Bb
                          TO FIND ALL VAN-ISHED, A  DREAM GONE BY;
                           Bb        Bb7            Fm        Bb
                     IF WE MEET SOME-TIME IN AF-TER YEARS, MY DAR-LING,
                         C7                                     F7
                       I TRUST THAT I WILL FIND YOUR LOVE STILL MINE,
                           Bb               Eb                Bb
                   THO' MY HEART IS SAD AND CLOUDS A-BOVE ARE HOV-'RING,
                             G7                F7           Bb Eb Ebm Bb
                         THE SUN A-GAIN, LOVE, FOR ME WOULD SHINE.

Chorus

                                Bb    F7    Bb   Bb   D7  Eb  G7
                                SWEET A-DEL-INE, MY A-DEL-INE,
                             C7             F7               Bb
                             AT NIGHT, DEAR HEART, FOR YOU I PINE;
                                F7     Bb               D7  Bb G7 C7
                             IN ALL MY DREAMS YOUR FAIR FACE BEAMS,
                                E°         Bb      G7    C7
                                YOU'RE THE FLOW-ER OF MY HEART,
                                       C7      F7  Bb  Bb7 Bb° Am Bb
                                       SWEET A-DEL-INE.
 


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