title: A Fine Romancesongwriter: Jerome Kernkey: Jazzharp type: Chromaticgenre: Cskill: Anyreleased: 1936A FINE ROMANCEM: Jerome KernW: Dorothy FieldsKey: CMarilyn Monroe, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra6 5 -7 7 -7 -4 -8 -7A fine ro-mance, with no kiss-es-8 6 -9 8 6 7 10 -9A fine ro-mance, my friend this is7 8 -8 8 -9We should be like a8 -8 -7* -7 7* 7 7cou-ple of hot to-ma-toes7 -7 7* -7 -8But you’re as cold as-7 7* 7 -6* -6 6 6yes-ter-day’s mashed po-ta-toes6 5 -7 7 -7 -4 -8 -7A fine ro-mance, you won’t nest-le-8 6 -9 8 6 7 10 -9A fine ro-mance, you won’t wres-tle7 8 -8 8 -9 10I might as well play bridge-9 8 -8 -7* -7With my old maid aunts8 -8 -7* -7 7* 7I have-n’t got a chance-8 -7 7* 7 -9 8This is a fine ro-manceA fine romance, with no kissesA fine romance, my friend this isWe two should be like clams in a dish of chowderBut we just fizz like parts of a Seidlitz powder (*)Yes, a fine romance, with no glitchesA fine romance, with no bitchesYou’re just as hard to land as the ‘Isle de France’I haven’t got a chanceThis is a fine romanceA fine romance, my good fellowYou take romance, and I’ll take jelloYou’re calmer than the sealsIn the Arctic OceanAt least they flap their finsTo express emotionA fine romance with no quarrelsWith no insults and all moralsI’ve never mussed the creaseIn your blue serge pantsI never get the chanceThis is a fine romanceYes, a fine romance, my dear, duchessTwo old fogeys, who need crutchesTrue love should have the thrills that a healthy crime hasBut we don’t have the thrills that the march of time has,ba-ba-da-dayA fine romance, my good womanMy strong, age in the wood, womanYou never give the orchids I sent a glanceNo, you like cactus plants, ha haThis is a fine romanceA fine romance, my dear duchessTwo old fogeys, who need crutchesTrue love should have the thrills that a healthy crime hasYou know Louis, we don’t have half the thrills that the march of timehas,You telling me; fine romance, my very good womanMy strong, aged in the wood, womanYou never give the orchids I sent a glanceNo I prefer Cactus plantsThis is a fine romance