Written by Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash
C7/9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 Speak low when you speak, love C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C7 F6 D7 Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon Bbm Eb/9 Bbm Speak low when you speak, love Eb9 G9 C9 Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, C7/9 F6 D7 Gm7 C5 We're swept apart, too soon C7/9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 Speak low, darling, speak low C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C9 F6 D7 Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon Bbm Eb9 Bbm Eb9 G9 I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near, C9 C7/9- F Tomorrow is here and always too soon Fm7 Abm Time is so old and love so brief Eb7M Fdim E7 Love is pure gold and time a thief C5 Gm9 C9 Gm9 We're late, darling, we're late C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C7 F6 D The curtain descends, ev'ry thing ends too soon, too soon Bbm Gm5-/7 F I wait, darling, I wait Bb7/13- D7 G9 C7/9/13- F Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon C7/9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 Speak low when you speak, love our summer day C9 Gm9 C7 F6 D7 Withers away too soon, too soon Bbm Eb/9 Bbm Speak low when you speak,love Eb9 G9 C9 Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, C7/9 F6 D7 Gm7 C5 We're swept apart, too soon C7/9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 Speak low, darling, speak low love is a spark, C9 Gm9 C9 F6 D7 Lost in the dark too soon, too soon Bbm Eb9 Bbm Eb9 G9 I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near, C9 C7/9- F Tomorrow is here and always too soon Fm7 Abm Time is so old and love so brief Eb7M Fdim E7 Love is pure gold and time a thief C5 Gm9 C9 Gm9 We're late, darling, we're late C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C7 F6 The curtain descends, ev'ry thing ends too soon, D Bbm Gm5-/7 F Too soon I wait, darling, I wait Bb7/13- D7 G9 C7/9/13- F Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon