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IF YOU WERE THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD
Words by Clifford Grey    Music by Nat D. Ayer
1916

Verse

              Eb   Gm    Fm7         Bb7     Eb     F7   Bb7
              SOME-TIMES WHEN I FEEL BAD AND THINGS LOOK BLUE,
                  Eb E°   Fm7            G7  Cm  F7   Bb
                  I  WISH A   PAL I HAD, SAY ONE LIKE YOU!
                Gm   Cm  Gm         C7       Eb    F7 Bb
                SOME ONE WITH-IN MY HEART TO BUILD A  THRONE,
                 Bb   D7  Gm        Eb C7       Cm7  F7 Bb
                 SOME ONE WHO'D NEV-ER PART, TO CALL MY OWN.

Chorus

                Bb7 Eb              C7    F7
                IF  YOU(I) WERE THE ON-LY GIRL IN THE WORLD,
                       F7  Bb7                   Eb  F#° Ab
                       AND YOU(I) WERE THE ON-LY BOY;
              Eb                                 Fm7
              NOTH-ING ELSE WOULD MAT-TER IN THE WORLD TO-DAY,
                 Bb7            Bb+            Eb
                 WE COULD GO ON LOV-ING IN THE SAME OLD WAY.
                      Eb           C7     F7
                    A GAR-DEN OF E -DEN JUST MADE FOR TWO,
                         Bb7                 Eb   F#7  Bb7
                         WITH NOTH-ING TO MAR OUR JOY.
                  Cm               Gm
                  I WOULD SAY SUCH WON-DER-FUL THINGS TO YOU,
                 Ab    Ab+   Bb7 Bb+  Eb          Bbm6      C7
                 THERE WOULD BE  SUCH WON-DER-FUL THINGS TO DO,
                   C7 Fm              Abm   Eb          C+
                   IF YOU(I) WERE THE ON-LY GIRL IN THE WORLD
                           C7  F7          Ab Bb7 Eb
                           AND I  WERE THE ON-LY  BOY.