A Fine Romance (diatonic)

A Fine Romance

Composed by Jerome Kern with Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Most popularly covered by: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and Ella
Fitzgerald.

For Diatonic key of C

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A fine ro-mance with no kiss-es

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A fine ro-mance my friend this is

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We should be like a coup-le of hot to-ma-toes

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But you’re as cold as yes-ter-day’s mashed po-ta-toes

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A Fine Ro-mance you won’t nest-le

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A fine ro-mance you won’t wrest-le

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I might as well play bridge with my old maid Aunts

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I have-n’t got a chance

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This is a fine ro-mance.

Lyrics

A fine romance with no kisses
A fine romance, my friend, this is
We should be like a couple of hot tomatoes (to-mah-toes, dear)
But you’re as cold as yesterday’s mashed po-tah-toes (potatoes)

A fine romance, you won’t nestle
A fine romance, you won’t even wrestle
You’ve never mussed the crease in my blue serge pants
You never take a chance, this is a fine romance

A fine romance, my good fellow
You take romance, I’ll take Jello
You’re calmer than the seals in the Arctic Ocean
At least they flap their fins to express emotion

A fine romance, my dear Duchess
Two old fogies, we really need crutches
You’re just as hard to land as the Île-de-France! (France)
I haven’t got a chance (chance), this is a fine romance

A fine romance, my good woman
My strong, aged-in-the-wood woman
You never give those orchids I send a glance
They’re just like cactus plants, (oh boy)
This is a fine romance!