Address Unknown — The Ink Spots
Chords and lyrics for Address Unknown by The Ink Spots (key of G).
Verse 1
Their biggest of their 5 hits of 1939 was ballad "Address Unknown". This
was their first #1
hit on the US Pop Charts.
Chords
Bm7 7X777X
Ebaug X6544X
Intro
[G6] [Abdim] [Am7] [D7]
Verse
[Gmaj7]Address [G6]un [Gmaj7]known,
[G6]not even a [Am6]trace of you[D7]
[Em7]Oh what I'd [Gmaj7]give
[G6]to [Em7]see the [Eaug]face of you
Bridge
[Em9]I was a fool to [E7]stay
[Abdim]A [Am7]way from you so [Ebaug]long
[G6]I should have known
[A7]there'd come a day when[Am7] you'd be [D7]gone
Verse
[Gmaj7]Address [G6]un [Gmaj7]known,
[G6]oh how [Abdim]could I[Am6] be so blind?[D7]
[Em9]To think that [E7]you
[Bdim]would [Am7]never be [E7]hard to find?
[Dm7]From the place of your birth
to the [A7]ends of the earth
[G6]I've searched only to [A9]find,
[A9]only to [Bdim]find, [Am7]address [Adim][G6]unknown
Instrumental
[G6] [Abdim] [Am7] [D7]
Verse
(Spoken over chords)
[Gmaj7]Address unknown, honey child,
[Am6]I ain't even got a trace of ya
[G6]You [Gmaj7]know one [Bm7]thing?
[G6]I'd give anything in the [Em7]world
just to see the face of[Am7] ya
[Em9]I was a fool to [E7]stay away from
[Abdim]you [Am7]and everything [Ebaug]else so long
[G6]I should have been diplomatic and
[A7]figured that some [Am7]day
[Am6]You'd be solid[D7] gone
Verse
[Gmaj7]Address [G6]un [Gmaj7]known,
[G6]oh how [Abdim]could I[Am6] be so blind?[D7]
[Em9]To think that [E7]you
[Bdim]would [Am7]never be hard to [E7]find?
[Dm7]From the place of your birth
to the [A7]ends of the earth
[G6]I've searched only to [A9]find,
[A9]only to [Bdim]find, [Am7]address [Adim][G6]unknown
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