Written by Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash
C7 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 A#m D#9 A#m Speak low when you speak, love D#9 G9 C9 Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, C7 F6 D7 Gm7 C5 We're swept apart, too soon C7 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 A#m D#9 A#m D#9 G9 I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near, C9 C7 F Tomorrow is here and always too soon Fm7 G#m Time is so old and love so brief D#7+ F 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 A#m Gm5-/7 F I wait, darling, I wait A#7/13- D7 G9 C7/13- F Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon C7 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 A#m D#9 A#m Speak low when you speak,love D#9 G9 C9 Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, C7 F6 D7 Gm7 C5 We're swept apart, too soon C7 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 A#m D#9 A#m D#9 G9 I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near, C9 C7 F Tomorrow is here and always too soon Fm7 G#m Time is so old and love so brief D#7+ F 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 A#m Gm5-/7 F Too soon I wait, darling, I wait A#7/13- D7 G9 C7/13- F Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon