Piano Diana Blog: This Can't Be Love: Diana Krall

Love Scenes (Diana Krall album) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In 1938 Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers wrote This Can't be Love from The Boys from Syracuse. It's played in the Key of G with a moderate 4/4 tempo.

The Intro goes like this:

G/D D7 G/D D7/C G6/B am7 D7

G                    D7             G          D7
In Verona my late cousin Romeo
G                            D7                G
Was three times as stupid as my Dromio
                     B7                       Em       A9
For he fell in love and then he died of it,
G/D C#dim7/D Am/D D7
Poor half-wit!

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G6                                          C7      C13
This can't be love, because I feel so well,
G G6 Am7 D7 Am7 D7
No sobs, no sorrows, no sighs.
G6 C7 C13
This can't be love; I get no dizzy spells,
G/D    A7b9 Am9 D7 G C6 C7
My head is not in the skies.

G/B                F#m7      B7                      Em
My heart does not stand still; just hear it beat.
B7#9 E7#5(b9) A9
This is too sweet to be love.

G6                                        C7       C13
This can't be love, because I feel so well,
G6/D C#dim7/D Am7 D7 G Am7 D7
But still I love to look in your eyes.

G6                                          C7      C13
This can't be love, because I feel so well,
G G6 Am7 D7 Am7 D7
No sobs, no sorrows, no sighs.
G6 C7 C13
This can't be love; I get no dizzy spells,
G/D    A7b9 Am9 D7 G C6 C7
My head is not in the skies.

G/B                F#m7      B7                      Em
My heart does not stand still; just hear it beat.
B7#9 E7#5(b9) A9
This is too sweet to be love.

G6                                        C7       C13
This can't be love, because I feel so well,
G6/D C#dim7/D Am7 D7 G C7/Bb Am7 Am7/D G
But still I love to look in your eyes.

This is a cool backing tack for you to play along with.