Speak Low | Sheet Music

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Lyrics
1943 - Kurt Weill / Ogden Nash

Speak low, when you speak love
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
Speak low, when you speak love
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we're swept apart, too soon

Speak low, darling, speak low
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near
Tomorrow is here and always too soon

Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief
We're late, darling, we're late
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon

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About this Speak Low lead sheet

This is the jazz lead sheet for Speak Low, written by Kurt Weill / Ogden Nash in 1943 — the melody with chord symbols above it, the way it appears in a Real Book. The chart is notated in F major and in 4/4 time. Read it here for free, transpose it to any key — B♭, E♭ or bass clef included — and play it back to hear the form before you play it yourself.

Composer
Kurt Weill / Ogden Nash
Year
1943
Key
F major
Time signature
4/4
Genre
Jazz
Format
Lead sheet — melody and chord symbols
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