Speak Low Chords
by Carmen McRae
Speak Low by Carmen McRae is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords C7/9, Gm9, C9, C7, F6, D7, Bbm, Eb/9, Eb9, G9, Gm7, C5, C7/9-, F, Fm7, Abm, Eb7M, Fdim, E7, D, Gm5-/7, Bb7/13- and C7/9/13-. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C7/9 Gm9 C9 Gm9
Speak low when you speak, love
C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C7 F6 D7
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
Bbm Eb/9 Bbm
Speak low when you speak, love
Eb9 G9 C9 C7/9 F6 D7 Gm7 C5
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we're swept apart, too soon
C7/9 Gm9 C9 Gm9
Speak low, darling, speak low
C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C9 F6 D7
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
Bbm Eb9 Bbm Eb9 G9 C9 C7/9- F
I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here and always too soon
Fm7 Abm Eb7M Fdim E7
Time is so old and love so brief love is pure gold and time a thief
C5 Gm9 C9 Gm9
We're late, darling, we're late
C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C7 F6 D
The curtain descends, ev'ry thing ends too soon, too soon
Bbm Gm5-/7 F
I wait, darling, I wait
Bb7/13- D7 G9 C7/9/13- F
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon
C7/9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C7 F6 D7
Speak low when you speak, love our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
Bbm Eb/9 Bbm
Speak low when you speak, love
Eb9 G9 C9 C7/9 F6 D7 Gm7 C5
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we're swept apart, too soon
C7/9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C9 F6 D7
Speak low, darling, speak low love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
Bbm Eb9 Bbm Eb9 G9 C9 C7/9- F
I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here and always too soon
Fm7 Abm
Time is so old and love so brief
Eb7M Fdim E7
Love is pure gold and time a thief
C5 Gm9 C9 Gm9
We're late, darling, we're late
C9 Gm9 C9 Gm9 C7 F6 D Bbm Gm5-/7 F
The curtain descends, ev'ry thing ends too soon, too soon I wait, darling, I wait
Bb7/13- D7 G9 C7/9/13- F
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon