Danke Schoen
Words & Music by Kurt Schwabach, Milt Gabler & Bert Kaempfert
Recorded by Wayne Newton, 1963


D        D6   DM7     Em7sus4  Em7
Danke schoen, darling, danke schoen, 

 A9      A7/9 A7su4 A7   D       D6
Thank you for  all  the joy and pain.

D        D9     D7  D7/9 G5   G6
Picture shows, sec - ond balcony,  

GM7      A7         D    Em7     A7
Was the place we'd meet, second seat,

A-9        D    G/B      A7sus4
Go Dutch treat, you were sweet.



D        D6   DM7     Em7sus4  Em7
Danke schoen, darling, danke schoen, 

 A9      A7/9 A7su4 A7   D        D6
Thank you for fun - ny cards from Spain.

D    D9   D7   D7/9 G5       G6
I recall Cen - tral Park in fall,  

GM7      A7         D    Em7     A7
How you tore your dress, what a mess, 

A-9   D    G/B       A7sus4
I confess, that's not all.



D        D6   DM7     Em7sus4  Em7
Danke schoen, darling, danke schoen, 

A9       A7/9 A7su4  A7   D       D6
Thank you for walks down Lover's Lane,

D     D9    D7   D7/9   G5   G6
I can see hearts carved on a tree, 

 GM7    A7           D    Em7     A7
Letters in - ter - twined for all time, 

A-9        D    G/B     A7sus4
Yours and mine, that was fine.



D        D6   DM7     Em7sus4  Em7
Danke schien, darling, danke schoen, 

A9       A7/9 A7su4  A7  D    D6
Thank you for  see - ing me again.

D        D9  D7 D7/9 G5        G6
Though we go on  our separate ways, 

GM7       A7      D    Em7    A7
Still the mem'ry stays for always, 

A-9        D    G/B  A7sus4
My heart says, danke schoen.


Coda: (fading)

D        D6   DM7     Em7sus4       Em7
Danke schoen,    auf - weid  - er - sehn, 

D        D6   DM7     Em7sus4        A7    A7sus4  D6
Danke schoen,    auf - weid  - er - sehn.



