Nat King Cole – Mona Lisa chords

Words & Music by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
Recorded by Nat "King" Cole, 1950 (#1) (Academy award winner, 1950)


(G7+)  C              F        CMona Lisa, Mona Lisa men have named you;

                    C/B  Am7     Am7/G    Dm7    G7You're so like the lady with the mystic smile.

      Dm                 Dm7            G7sus4   G7Is it only 'cause you're lonely men have blamed you

        G    G/A   G/B        G        CFor the Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile?

        C6       C      C6      C   F  CDo you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Li-sa,

                         C7            FOr is this the way you hide a broken heart?

       Fm                             CMany dreams have been left upon your doorstep;

           G7        G7+          CThey just lie there,    and they die there.

C7       F             Fm         CAre you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa,

          Dm7       G7     Dm7    G7       COr just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art.

       Fm   G7  Fm-CMona Lisa, Mona Li-sa.