Biography:
The fourth of seven children, John Royce Mathis was born on September 30, 1935 in Gilmer, TX to Clem and Mildred Mathis. As a small boy, the family moved to Post Street in San Francisco. It was there that he learned an appreciation of music from his father who taught him his first song, “My Blue Heaven”. At age eight, his father purchased an old upright piano for $25. When he brought it home, it wouldn’t fit through the front door. So that evening
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Other songs:
- A Time For Us
- Fly Me To The Moon
- It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
- Somewhere
- The Twelfth Of Never
- When A Child Is Born
- The Sweetheart Tree
- A Certain Smile
- An Affair To Remember
- Chances Are
- Gina
- Its Begining To Look A Lot Like Christmas
- Its Not For Me To Say
- Its The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
- Midnight Cowboy
- My Love For You
- Sleigh Ride
- The Last Time I Felt Like This
- Touch The Wind
- Whatll I Do
- Winter Wonderland
- Wonderful Wonderful
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It's Not For Me To Say:Johnny Mathis
#5 on BB Hot 100 on COLUMBIA Records
in 1957.
INTRO: Ab6 Bbm7 (x3)
#1.
Ab6 Bb7 Bbm7 Eb9 Abmaj7 Ab6 Abmaj7 Ab6
It's not for me to say.....you love me.
Bb7 Bbm7 Eb9 Ab F7
It's not for me to say...you'll always care.
Ab7-9 Bbm Bbm7 Bbm6 C7 Fm
Oh, but here, for the moment, I can hold you fast..
C7 Fm7 C Dbdim Dm7
and press your lips to mine..
G7 C Bbm7 Eb7
and dream that love will last.
#2.
Bbm Bbm7 Eb9 Abmaj7 Ab6
As far as I can see....this is Hea...ven.
Ebm7 Ab7 Ab7+5 Db
And speaking just for me...it's ours to share.
Db6 Dbm7-5 Dbm
Perhaps the glow of love will grow
Ab Cm7 F7
with every passing day.
Bb7 Bb+
Or we may never meet again...
Eb9 Eb+ Ab6 Abmaj7 Ab6
but then, it's not for me to say.
INTERLUDE: Ab6 Bb7 Bbm7 Eb9 Abmaj7 Ab6
#3.
Ebm7 Ab7 Ab7+5 Db
And speaking just for me...it's ours to share.
Db6 Dbm7-5 Dbm
Perhaps the glow of love will grow
Ab Cm7 F7
with every passing day.
Bb7 Bb+
Or we may never meet again...
Eb9 Eb+ Ab6 Abmaj7 Ab
but then, it's not for me to say.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
#5 on BB Hot 100 on COLUMBIA Records
in 1957.
INTRO: Ab6 Bbm7 (x3)
#1.
Ab6 Bb7 Bbm7 Eb9 Abmaj7 Ab6 Abmaj7 Ab6
It's not for me to say.....you love me.
Bb7 Bbm7 Eb9 Ab F7
It's not for me to say...you'll always care.
Ab7-9 Bbm Bbm7 Bbm6 C7 Fm
Oh, but here, for the moment, I can hold you fast..
C7 Fm7 C Dbdim Dm7
and press your lips to mine..
G7 C Bbm7 Eb7
and dream that love will last.
#2.
Bbm Bbm7 Eb9 Abmaj7 Ab6
As far as I can see....this is Hea...ven.
Ebm7 Ab7 Ab7+5 Db
And speaking just for me...it's ours to share.
Db6 Dbm7-5 Dbm
Perhaps the glow of love will grow
Ab Cm7 F7
with every passing day.
Bb7 Bb+
Or we may never meet again...
Eb9 Eb+ Ab6 Abmaj7 Ab6
but then, it's not for me to say.
INTERLUDE: Ab6 Bb7 Bbm7 Eb9 Abmaj7 Ab6
#3.
Ebm7 Ab7 Ab7+5 Db
And speaking just for me...it's ours to share.
Db6 Dbm7-5 Dbm
Perhaps the glow of love will grow
Ab Cm7 F7
with every passing day.
Bb7 Bb+
Or we may never meet again...
Eb9 Eb+ Ab6 Abmaj7 Ab
but then, it's not for me to say.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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