Something's Gotta Give Words & Music by Johnny Mercer Recorded by The McGuire Sisters, 1955 (#5)

^D6Something's gotta give, so^E7mething's gotta give, ^D9Something's gotta g^Aive! ^Edim ^E7

^DWhen an ^B7ir - re -^Cdim sis - ti - ble f^A6orce, s^Auch ^Asus4 as y^Aou, D9 BbM7 Bm7-5 E7 E7/6 E7 A Meets an old im - mov - a - ble ob - ject like me,

^BmYou can ^Bm7/E bet as sure as you ^F#mlive, ^F#m7 ^D6Something's gotta give, so^E7mething's gotta give,

^D9Something's gotta g^Aive! ^Edim ^E7

^DWhen an ^B7ir - re -^Cdim pres - si - ble s^A6mile, s^Auch ^Asus4 as y^Aours, D9 BbM7 Bm7-5 E7 E7/6 E7 A Warms an old im - plac - a - ble heart, such as mine,

^BmDon't say^Bm7/E no because I in^F#msist. ^F#m7 ^D6Somewhere, ^Fdimsomehow, s^E7omeone's ^D9gonna be k^Aissed.

Bridge:

^A7So en g^Em7arde ^A7 who ^Em7knows what the ^Cdimfates h^Dave^Fdim in st^Dore ^F#From their ^F#7vast mys^F#mterious ^Bmsky'

B7 D9 Bm7-5 E I'll try hard ignoring those lips I adore

^F#7But how ^B7long can anyone t^E7ry'

^DFight, fight, ^B7fight, fight, ^Cdimfight it with ^A6all ^Aof ^Asus4 our m^Aight, D9 BbM7 Bm7-5 D9 E7/6 E7 A Chances are some heav - en - ly star span - gled night

^BmWe'll find^Bm7/E out as sure as we ^F#mlive ^F#m7 ^D6Something's gotta give, so^E7mething's gotta give,

^D9Something's gotta g^Aive! ^D9 ^A

Dinah Washington - Somethings gotta give