Written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
Am7 D7 G6 Em Am7 D9 Am7 G Am7 G I have often walked down this street before Am7 D7 G7/13- B7 Em7/9 Am7 Am7 D7 But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before Am7 Em7 C7M Em7 A7/9 D9 G G/F# Em All at once am I several stories high Em7 Em4/7 C Am Am7 Cdim Gdim D7 G6 Edim Am7 Knowing I'm on the street where you live D7 G6 Em Am7 D9 Am7 G Am7 G Are there lilac trees in the heart of town Am7 D7 G7/13- B7 Em7/9 Am7 Am7 D7 Can you hear a lark in any other part of town Am7 Em7 C7M Em7 A7/9 D9 G G/F# Em Does enchantment pour out of every door Em7 Em4/7 C Am Am7 Cdim Gdim D7 G Am7 G No, it's just on the street where you live Bridge B7 C7M C7M9 Cm7 Cm7/9 And oh, the towering feeling Cdim D7 G6 Just to know somehow you are near Gdim C#m5-/7 F#7 The overpowering feeling Bm7 Bm7/E E7 A7 D7 That any second you may suddenly appear Am7 D7 G6 Em Am7 D9 Am7 G Am7 G People stop and stare; they don't bother me Am7 D7 G7/13- B7 Em7/9 Am7 Am7 D7 For there's nowhere else on earth that I would rather be Am7 Em7 C7M Em7 A7/9 Cdim B7 G9 G/F# Em Let the time go by I won't care if I Em7 Em4/7 C Am Am7 Cdim Gdim D7 G6 Can be here on the street where you live