Verse:
Bm G9 Bm G7
Black cats creep across my path until I'm almost mad;
Bm F# G9
I must have roused the devil's wrath
Bb7 A
'Cause all my luck is bad.
Melody:
Em9 A9 F#m7 Gdim
I make a date for golf, and you can bet your life it rains;
Em7 A Am6 B7
I try to give a party, and the guy upstairs complains.
Em7 C#m5-/7 F#7 Bm7
I guess I'll go thru life just catching colds and missing trains —
Em7 A7 D6
Ev'rything happens to me.
Em9 A9 F#m7 Gdim
I never miss a thing — I've had the measles and the mumps,
Em7 A Am6 B7
And ev'rytime I play an ace, my partner always trumps.
Em7 C#m5-/7 F#7 Bm7
I guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps —
Em7 A7 D
Ev'rything happens to me.
Bridge:
Am7 D7 G9 G6
At first my heart thought you could break this jinx for me,
Am7 D7 G9 G6
That love would turn the trick to end despair;
G#m7 C#7 F# F#6
But now I just can't fool this head that thinks for me —
Bm7 F# Bm5-/7 E7 Em7 A7
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air
Em9 A9 F#m7 Gdim
I've telegraphed and phoned, and sent an airmail special, too;
Em7 A Am6 B7
Your answer was "Good bye" and there was even postage due.
Em7 C#m5-/7 F#7 Bm7
I fell in love just once, and then it had to be with you —
Em7 A7 D D7M B7
Ev'rything happens to me,
Em7 A7 D
Ev'rything happens to me.