Isn't It A Pity?

Level 4C72 BPMGeorge Gershwin
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(Am)Why did I wander (Dm7)here and there and yonder,

(C)wasting precious (Dm)(G7)time (C)for no reason or (F)(G)rhyme?

(B7)Isn't it a pity?

were (Bb)Isn't it a (A)crime?

(D9)My journey's ended;

(Dm7)ev'rything is splendid.

(C)Meeting you (Am6)(B)today (Em)has given me a (A)wonderful idea,

(D7sus)here (D7)I (Dm7)stay!

(C)It's a funny (F)thing;

I look at (Em)(A7)you, I get a (Dm)(G7)thrill I never knew.

(C)Isn't it a pity (F)we (C)never (Dm7)met (F)(C)before?

(C)Here we are at (F)last!

It's like a (Em)(A7)dream!

The two of (Dm)(G7)us, a perfect team!

(C)Isn't it a pity (F)we (C)never (Dm7)met (F)(C)before?

(C)(Dm)Imagine all (Am6)the (Em)lonely years we've (B)wasted:

(Em)you, with the neighbors,

(A7)I, my silly labors.

(G)What joys (D)untasted.

(G7)You, reading Heine,

(F9)I, somewhere in China.

(C)Happiest of men (F)I'm sure to be,

(A7)if only you (Dm)(G7)will say to me,

(C)"It's an awful pity we (Fmaj7)never,

(Em7)never (Dm7)met (G)(C)before."

(C)It's a funny thing;

(F)I look at you, (Em)(A7)I get a thrill (Dm)(G7)I never knew.

(C)Isn't it a pity (F)we (C)never (Dm7)met (F)(C)before?

(C)Here we are at last!

(F)It's like a dream!

(A7)The two of us, (Dm)(G7)a perfect team!

(C)Isn't it a pity (F)we (C)never (Dm7)met (F)(C)before?

(C)(Dm)Imagine all (Am6)the (Em)lonely years we've (B)wasted:

(Em)you, with the neighbors,

(A7)I, my silly labors.

(G)What joys (D)untasted.

(G7)You, reading Heine,

(F9)I, somewhere in China.

(C)Let's forget the past, (F)let's both (Em)(A7)agree that I'm for (Dm)(G7)you and you're for me,

(C)and it's such a pity we (Fmaj7)never,

Song info

Isn't It A Pity? by George Gershwin is a level 4 of 5 piano arrangement in the key of C at 72 BPM. Practice takes the song one line at a time and waits for you, with the letter inside every note. When the lines feel easy, play the full song.

Level
4 of 5
Key
C
Tempo
72 BPM
Artist
George Gershwin
Genre
Musical/Soundtrack

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