It only took a minute (1962)
C - Bb - C
- Bb - C
C Bb C
1. It took a hundred years to make that oak tree grow,
C Bb C
and
there beside that tree I learned to love you so.
F C
E
Am
It took a hundred years of
sunshine before that oak tree grew,
C Am C Am - D
G C - C7
but it only took a
minute, baby, to fall in love with
you.
F C - F C
It didn’t take a lifetime to make my dreams come true,
C Am C
Am - D G C
no, it
only took a minute, baby, to fall in love with you.
+ C -
Bb - C - Bb - C
C Bb C
2. It took a million stars to make that starlight shine,
C
Bb C - C7
and
underneath those stars one night I made you mine.
F C
E Am
It took a million stars
a-twinkling to light that sky of blue,
C Am C
Am - D G C
but
it only took a minute, baby, to
fall in love with you.
+ instrumental = verse
2 (ending in Am)
F C - F C
It didn’t take a lifetime to make my dreams come true,
C Am C
Am - D G C
no,
it only took a minute, baby, to
fall in love with you.
C Am
C Am
- D G C
Yeah, it only took a minute, baby, to fall in love with you.
+ C - Bb - C - Bb - C
(orig.
= capo
4th) (Joe Brown & The Bruwers)