About A Quarter To Nine
Words & Music by Al Dubin & Harry Warren
Recorded by Al Jolson, 1947


Intro Verse:

 Em  B7   Em   Am7         B7        Em   B7       Cdim     Em
Life be - gins when some - bod - y's eyes look in - to your own.

 Em  B7   Em   Am7         Cdim     G   A7       D7        
Life be - gins when you've got your gal all a - lone.

     B7        Am7       Em             F#7                 B7
From morn - ing un - til twi - light, I don't know I'm a - live;

Em  B7  Am   Am7      B7      Em    B7         Em
But  I know love be - gins at eight for - ty - five.


Cdim  G  Am7 G                Cdim        Am7   D7  Am7  D7
The stars         are gon - na twin - kle and shine, 

Gdim  D7   Am7 D7      Am7     G         D9  G  Am7  G
This eve - ning    a - bout a quar - ter to nine.

D7 Am7  Cdim  G  Am7 G              Cdim         Am7   D7  Am7  D7
My lov - in' arms      are gon - na' ten - der - ly  twine 

Gdim  D7  Am7 D7       Am7     G         D9  G  Am7  G
A - round you    a - round a quar - ter to nine.


Bridge:

   B7     E       C#m            F#m        B7
I know I won't be late 'cause at half past eight 

     E       C#m       B7
I'm gon - na hur - ry there.

        Bm        Gdim        F#7
I'll be wait - ing where the lane be - gins, 

B7             Cdim    Am7              D7
Wait - ing for her  on nee - dles and pins.


 D7 Am7 Cdim  G  Am7 G    Cdim      Am7 D7  Am7  D7
And then the world      is gon - na be mine 

Gdim  D7   Am7 D7      Am7     G         D9  G  Am7  G
This eve - ning    a - bout a quar - ter to nine.



Suggested by a recent visitor. Jolson was resurrecting an "oldie" when he recorded this in the 1947 movie "Go Into Your Dance" (which he made with his wife, Ruby Keeler.) This song had reached the top ten three times in 1935. Victor Young and Ozzie Nelson (yes, that Ozzie Nelson) both had number three hits with it, and Johnny Green's version reached number five. Dean Martin recorded it in 1952, and Bobby Darin also did a take in 1966 (unreleased in the US.) This chart owes elements to both, but neither of them included the intro verse, so Jolson gets the credit here.