I MAY BE WRONG
(Henry Sullivan / Harry Ruskin)

Recorded by : Bob Barnard; The George Barnes Quartet; Dan Barrett; 
Count Basie Orch.; Randy Brooks; Pete Brown; Dave Brubeck; 
Hoagy Carmichael; June Christy; Larry Clinton; The Crossroads Trio; 
Tommy Dorsey; Gil Evans; Helen Forrest; The Four Freshmen; 
Judy Garland; Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orch.; Bobby Hackett; 
Fred Hartley; Einar Iversen; Chubby Jackson; 
Bert Kaempfert & His Orch.; The King Sisters; Carl Kress;
Gene Krupa & His Orch.; Frankie Laine; Quinn Lemley; 
Gerry Mulligan; The New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orch.; 
Red Norvo & His Orch.; The Orioles; Johnny Otis Band; 
Charlie Parker; Buddy Rich; Pee Wee Russell; Bob Schulz;
Dinah Shore; Svenska Hotkvintetten; Claude Thornhill & His Orch.


I may be wrong but I think you're wonderful
I may be wrong but I think you're swell
I like your style say, I think it's marvellous
I'm always wrong so how can I tell
Deuces to me are all aces
Life is to me just a bore
Faces are all open spaces
You might be John Barrymore
You came along say I think you're wonderful
I think you're grand but I may be wrong

(Orchestral Interlude)

I may be wrong but I think you're wonderful
I may be wrong but I think you're swell
I like your style say, I really think it's marvellous
I'm always wrong so how can I tell
Deuces to me are all aces
Life is to me just a bore
Faces are all open spaces
You might be John Barrymore
You came along say I think you're wonderful
I think you're grand but I may be wrong

You said that Edison would never make that light
You laughed at Mr. Franklin with his key and kite
The point of the song is I'm always wrong
But with you baby I'm oh so right.


(Contributed by Bill Huntley - January 2005)

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I MAY BE WRONG 


as recorded by 
Hoagy Carmichael & The Chickadees 
with Vic Schoen & his Orchestra
August 19th 1946



[hc]
I may be wrong but I think you're wonderful,
I may be wrong but I think you're swell!
I like your style, say, I think it's marvellous,
I'm always wrong so how can I tell?

All of my shirts are unsightly,
All of my ties are a crime!
If dear, in you I picked rightly,
It's the very first time!

You came along, say, I think you're wonderful,
I may be wrong but I think you're grand!

I may be wrong but I think you're wonderful,
I may be wrong but I think you're swell!
I like your style, say, I think it's marvellous,
I'm always wrong so how can I tell?

[tc]
All of his shirts are unsightly,
All of his ties are a crime!
If dear, in you he's picked rightly,
It's the very first time!

[hc]
You came along, say, I think you're wonderful,
I may be wrong but I think you're grand!

All of my shirts are unsightly,
All of my ties are a crime!
If dear, in you I picked rightly,
[all]
It's the very first time!

[hc]
You came along, say, I think you're wonderful,
[all]
I may be wrong but I think you're grand!
[tc]
I think you're grand!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2012)