What Will I Tell My Heart

(Iriving Gordon, Pete Tinturin & Jack Lawrence)

Verse 1
  
       BbM7              Fm7            Bb7
  I'll try to explain to friends, dear,
  
      Eb6                     Cm7b5 
  The reason we two are apart;
  
    Bb/F                  G7       
  I know what to tell our friends, dear
  
      Cm7            F7    F7#5      BbM7    Cm7   F7b9
  But what will I Tell     My    Heart
  
  
  Verse 2 (chords same as 1st verse - 1st 3 lines)
  
  It's easy to say to strangers,
  That we played a game from the start,
  It's easy to lie, to strangers,
  
      Cm7            F7        Bb     
  But what will I tell    my heart
  
  
  Extension of 2d ending
  
         Fm7                   Bb7#5
  When I smile to hide all the tears inside,
           Eb6    Bb7#5        Eb6  
   what an ache        it will bring;
            Gm7              C7#5
  Then I'll wander home to a telephone 
          F9         F9#5    
  that forgot how to ring
  
  
  Verse 3(chords same as 1st verse - 1st 3 lines
  
  I could say you'll soon be back dear
  To fool the whole town may be smart
  I'll tell them you'll soon be back dear
  
      Cm7           F7      Bb  
  But what will I tell my heart
  

Key of Bb
Note: very slowly

Copyright 1937 by Chapell & Co and MPL Communications, Inc,
Copyright renewed; extended term of Copyright deriving from Jack Lawrence
assigned and effective February 9, 1993 to Range Road Music Inc.
Extended term of Copyright deriving from Irving Gordon and
Pete Tinturin Controlled by Chappell & Co.

The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book
ISBN 0-7935-6230-9
page 366