words & music by jay livingston & ray evans
recorded by nat “king” cole , 1950 ( #1 ) ( academy award winner , 1950 )
( G7+ ) C F C
mona lisa , mona lisa men have named you;
C/B Am7 Am7/G Dm7 G7
you’re so like the lady with the mystic smile .
Dm Dm7 G7sus4 G7
is it only ’cause you’re lonely men have blamed you
G G/A G/B G C
for the mona lisa strangeness in your smile?
C6 C C6 C F C
do you smile to tempt a lover , mona li – sa ,
C7 F
or is this the way you hide a broken heart?
Fm C
many dreams have been left upon your doorstep;
G7 G7+ C
they just lie there , and they die there .
C7 F Fm C
are you warm , are you real , mona lisa ,
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C
or just a cold and lonely , lovely work of art .
Fm G7 Fm – C
mona lisa , mona li – sa .
words & music by jay livingston & ray evans
recorded by nat “king” cole , 1950 ( #1 ) ( academy award winner , 1950 )
( G7+ ) C F C
mona lisa , mona lisa men have named you;
C/B Am7 Am7/G Dm7 G7
you’re so like the lady with the mystic smile .
Dm Dm7 G7sus4 G7
is it only ’cause you’re lonely men have blamed you
G G/A G/B G C
for the mona lisa strangeness in your smile?
C6 C C6 C F C
do you smile to tempt a lover , mona li – sa ,
C7 F
or is this the way you hide a broken heart?
Fm C
many dreams have been left upon your doorstep;
G7 G7+ C
they just lie there , and they die there .
C7 F Fm C
are you warm , are you real , mona lisa ,
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C
or just a cold and lonely , lovely work of art .
Fm G7 Fm – C
mona lisa , mona li – sa .
