They Didn’t Believe Me

THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE ME
W: Herbert Reynolds
M: Jerome Kern
From: “The Girl From Utah”
Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra
Key: G

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And when I told them how beau-ti-ful you are,
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They did-n't be-lieve me.  
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They did-n't be-lieve me!
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Your lips, your eyes, your cheeks, your hair,
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Are in a class be-yond com-pare,
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You're the lov-li-est girl that one could see!
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And when I tell them,
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And I cert-'nly am goin' to tell them,
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That I'm the man whose wife one day you'll be.
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They'll nev-er be-lieve me. 
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They'll nev-er be-lieve me.
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That from this great big world 
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you've chos-en me!