For Sentimental Reasons (Chrom)

-Artist: Nat King Cole
-peak Billboard position # 1 for 6 weeks in 1946-47
-Words by Deek Watson and Music by William Best
-also charted in 1946 by Charlie Spivak (#5)
-also charted in 1947 by Eddie Howard (#2), Dinah Shore (also #2),
Ella
-Fitzgerald (#8), and Art Kassel (#15).
-also charted by Sam Cooke in 1958 (#17).
-also charted in 1961 by the Cleftones (#60).

F Gm C F Gm
-3 7 7 7 -6 6 -5 5 6 6
I love you for sentimental reasons
C F Gm
-6 6 -6 7 3 5 5
I hope you do believe me
C F Gm C
6 -5 5 -5 6
I’ll give you my heart

F Gm C F Gm
-3 7 7 7 -6 6 -5 5 6 7 6
I love you and you alone were meant for me
C F Gm
-6 6 -5 6 3 5 6 5
Please give your loving heart to me
C F
6 -5 5 -4 -5 5
And say we’ll never part

Gm C F
5 -3 -3 -3 -8 -3 7 7
I think of you ev’ry morning
Gm C F
-6 -6 -6 7 -6 5
Dream of you ev’ry night
Gm A Dm
-5 -5 -5 -6 6 -5 5
Darling, I’m never lonely
G C
7 -3 -3 7 -6* 7
Whenever you’re in sight

F Gm C F Gm
-3 7 7 7 -6 6 -5 5 6 6
I love you for sentimental reasons
C F
Gm
-6 6 -5 6 3 5 5
I hope you do believe me
C F
6 -5 5 -4 -5 5
I’ve given you my heart

(Instrumental interlude)

F Gm C F Gm
-3 7 7 7 -6 6 -5 5 6 6
I love you for sentimental reasons
C F Gm
-6 6 -6 7 3 5 5
I hope you do believe me
C F Gm C
6 -5 5 -5 6
I’ll give you my heart

F Gm C F Gm
-3 7 7 7 -6 6 -5 5 6 7 6
I love you and you alone were meant for me
C F Gm
-6 6 -5 6 3 5 6 5
Please give your loving heart to me
C F
6 -5 5 -4 -5 5
And say we’ll never part

Gm C F
5 -3 -3 -3 -8 -3 7 7
I think of you ev’ry morning
Gm C F
-6 -6 -6 7 -6 5
Dream of you ev’ry night
Gm A Dm
-5 -5 -5 -6 6 -5 5
Darling, I’m never lonely
G C
7 -3 -3 7 -6* 7
Whenever you’re in sight

F Gm C F Gm
-3 7 7 7 -6 6 -5 5 6 6
I love you for sentimental reasons
C F
Gm
-6 6 -5 6 3 5 5
I hope you do believe me
C F
6 -5 5 -4 -5 5
I’ve given you my heart