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Young At Heart: Chords and Lyrics

Frank Sinatra: Young At Heart l LadyDpiano

Johnny Richards was a jazz arranger and composer in the mid-20th century of United States. He wrote the music to Young At Heart in ©1954. Carolyn Leigh was an American lyricist and wrote the words to this beautiful song. My mother loved the famous crooner voice of Frank Sinatra and I especially like this song. I've heard it sung by other pop artists and it sounds wonderful.

Chords and Lyrics ( Young At Heart)

Key: Bb
Time: 4/4 Slowly

Bb

Fairy tales can come true

E dim Cm7
It can happen to you if you're young at heart

F7 Cm7
For it's hard, you will find

F7 F9 Bb
To be narrow of mind if you're young at heart

Fsus G7 Fm6 G7

You can go to extremes with impossible schemes

G+7 C9 C7 C9 C7
You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams

F7 Bdim F7 Bdim F7 Cm7
And life gets more exciting with each passing day

F9 Bb6 F#dim Bb6 F37 Cm7 F7
And love is either in your heart or on the way

Don't you know that it's worth

Edim Cm7
Every treasure on earth to be young at heart

F7 Cm7
For as rich as you are

F7 F9 F+9 Bb
It's much better by far to be young at heart

Fm6 G7 Fm6 G7 G+7

And if you should survive to a hundred and five
C9 C7 Eb Ebm

Look at all you'll derive out of being alive
Bb F7 Cm7 F7

And here is the best part, you have a head start

Bb Bb6 Eb6 Edim Cm7 F9 Bb
If you are among the very young at heart

I guess if I am working my way around the chord progression to the song, I would play a few chords like this:

L.H. / R.H.

Bb = BbF/EBbD and Bb/DFA and BbBb/DFGBb

E dim = Db/BbEA

Cm7 = C/BbEbG and CF/GBb

F7 = FF/AC and F/EbFA

F9 = FEb/ACG and F/ACEbG
F+9 = FEb/AC#G

C9 = CBb/EBbD
C7 = CBb/EbAC and CBb/EAbC
Bdim = B/DFG#
Bb6 = Bb/BbDG
F#dim = C/AEbF#
Bb6 = D/BbFG

F#7 = DbBbEbF#
Fm6 = DF/CAb
G7 = GF/BC#G
G+7 = G/EbG
Eb = Eb/EbGD
Ebm = BbD/EbGbEb
Eb6 = Eb/CGBb

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"Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life." -- Art Blakey

Friends and Lovers (Both To Each Other)

Friends and Lovers (song) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Friends & Lovers

This 1986 ballad was popularized by Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson, whose recording reached no. 2 on the charts. It was also recorded by Eddie Rabbitt and Juice Newton, and has recently been on the NBC TV soap Days Of Our Lives.

Cover of Gloria Loring

Here's the chord chart I found inside my Sheet Music Magazine.

 [Intro]

 C   Am7  Am  Am7    F    G   F  C

C                       G/A  Am7 Fmaj7  C/F  G7        Fm7/C  C
What would you say if I told you I've always wanted to hold you
C                        G/A   Am7  Fmaj7    C/F G7            Dm7  G7
I don't know what we're afraid of; Nothing would change if we made love


[Chorus]
            C  C/E   F               C  C/E  G/F F          C            Bb   Am7  Dm
'Cause I'll be your friend, and I'll be your lover, Well, I know in our hearts we agree
         G11        G          Fm/C C   G/A Am/F Dm/F   G        F   Ddim/C
We don't have to be one or the oth--er, No, we could be both to each other


C                             G/A         Fmaj7  C/F G7           Fm7/C C
Yes, it's a chance that we're taking, and somebody's heart may be breaking
C                         G/A Am7      Fmaj7   C/F  G7         Dm7   G7
But we can stop what's inside us, our love for each other will guide us


[Chorus]
             C  C/E F                C   C/E G/F F          C            Bb   Am7  Dm
'Cause I'll be your friend, and I'll be your lover, Well, I know in our hearts we agree
           G11      G          Ddim/C   C
We don't have to be one or the oth--er


[Bridge]
Am   E/G#  Am/G   D/F#    G                 Em7   Am E/G#  Am/G D/F#       B        Em          
I've been through you and you've been though me, sometimes a friend is the hardest to see
Am  E/G# Am/G D/F#         B7         Em   F/C                G/B    E          
We always know when it's laid on the line, Nobody else is as easy to find




[Chorus]
            C    C/E F               C    C/E  G/F           
'Cause I'll be your friend, and I'll be   your lover, 
          C          Bb    Am7  Dm              G11      G           Fm/C   G/A Am
Well, I know in our hearts we agree  We don't have to be one or the oth--er  no,
Am/F Dm/F F  G        F  Dm/C C  G/C  F/C  C
We could be both to each other

Chord Breakdown

C = C/CE

G/A = A/DGBD

Am7 = A/EGAC

Fmaj7 = F/EACE

C/F = C/GCEG

G7 = GF/BDFGB

Fm7/C = CAb/FAbCF

C = CC/EGCE

G/A = A/DGBD

Am7 = A/CEAC

Fmaj7 = F/EACE

C/F = C/GCEG

G7 = G/BFGB

Dm7 = DC/ FAF

G7 = G/FGBE

C = CC/EGCE

C/E = EE/GCEG

F = FF/ACFA

C = CC/EGCE

C/E = EE/GCEG

G/F = FF/GBDG

F = FF/FACF

C = CC/EGCE

Bb = Bb/BbDFBb

Am7 = A/GCE

Dm = DD/ADG

G11 = G/FACF

G = G/GBDG

Fm/C = CC/FAbCF

C = C/EGCE

G/A = A/DGBD

Am = AA/CEAC

Am/F = F/EACE

Dm/F = F/DFAD

F = F/CFAC

G = G/BDGB (last time go to Coda)

Ddim/C = CC/DFAbD

C = C/CEGC (back to beginning)

second ending

Am = AA/CEAC

E/G# = G#G#/BEG#B

Am/G = GG/CEAC

D/F# = F#F#/ADF#A

G = BDGB

Em7 = E/BDEG

Am = AA/CEAC

E/G# = G#/BEG#B

Am/G = G/CEAC

D/F# = F#F#/ADF#A

B = BB/BD#F#B

Em = EE/GBEG

Am = AA/CEAC

E/G# = G#G#/BEG#

AM/G = GG/CEAC

D/F# = F#F#/ADF#A

B7 = B/D#F#AB

Em = E/BEGB

F/C = CC/ACF

G/B = BB/FBDF

E = G#G#/BEG#B

Am = AA/CEAC

G = EE/DGBD * (go back to *)

Coda

Dm/C = CC/DFAD
C = C/CEGC
G/C = CC/BDG
F/C = C/ACF
C = CGE/CEGC

Although this easy song can be played in the Key of C, you might want to purchase Instant Transposer Software for quick transposing to fit your vocal range.

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I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)

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Another Albert/Turk hit, I Don't Know Why (I Just Do). Wayne King and his orchestra popularized this 1931 ballad. Their super-sweet style endeared them to the "over 50" crowd, and earned them a weekly radio show sponsored by a cosmetic company for "older ladies." It wasn't long before The Lady Esther serenade became one of the top radio programs, and King was earning #15,000 a week!

Music by Fred E. Ahlert
Words by Roy Turk

Verse:
All day long you're ask -ing me What I see in you, All day long I'm an -swer -ing, But what good does it do?
I have noth -ing to ex -plain, I just love you, love you, And I'll tell you once a -gain:

Chorus:
I Don't Know Why I love you like I do, I Don't Know Why, I just do.
I Don't Know Why you thrill me like you do, I Don't Know Why, you just do.
You nev -er seem to want me ro -manc -ing, The on -ly time you hold me is when we're danc -ing,
I Don't Know Why I love you like I do, I Don't Know Why I just do.

You can view a sample of the music here.

I Don't Know Why, But I Do

Words & Music by Roy Turk & Fred E. Ahlert, 1931
Recorded by Errol Garner, 1950


D                    D6      
I don't know why I love you like I do;

F#m7         Fdim         A         
I don't know why, I just do.

Em7                   A7
I don't know why you thrill me like you do;

A7/9          A7            D   Gdim   D  
I don't know why, you just do.

     D7    C7       B7     Em9   A7   
You never seem to want my roman-cin'--

    Bm7           Em9
The only time you hold me

   Em7   A7   A-9   A        
Is when we're dan-cin'.

D                  D6              B7
I don't know why I love you like I do;

Em7           A7 Em7  Gdim   D    Bm    G   Gdim    D
I don't know why, I   just  do.

http://www.theguitarguy.com/idontkno.htm

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The song is originally written in Bb. Here's what I'm playing.

I Don't Know Why, But I Do

Words & Music by Roy Turk & Fred E. Ahlert, 1931
Recorded by Errol Garner, 1950


Bb                    Bb6      
I don't know why I love you like I do;

Dm7         Dbdim         Cm         
I don't know why, I just do.

F7                  Cm7
I don't know why you thrill me like you do;

F7                     F7-9 Bb6 
I don't know why, you just do.

     Bb    Bb7       G7     C9   F9   
You never seem to want my roman-cin'--

    Bb            C7
The only time you hold me

   Cm7   F7   Cm7 F7-9       
Is when we're dan-cin'.

Bb                  G76     G7+5    G7
I don't know why I love you like I do;

Cm7          F7-9  Gdim   Bb    Ab7   Bb
I don't know why, I   just  do.

Slash Chord Chart (remember l.h./ r.h.)

BbF/BbDF    I don't know why I

BbF/BbDG   love you like I do,

D/CFA           I don't know

Db/BbEA       why, I just

C/CEbG         do.

C/EbFA         I don't know why you

C/EbGBb       thrill me like you do, I don't know

F/EbAC          why,

F/GbA             you just

Bb/dFG           do. You

Bb/FBbD         never seem to

G/FBD            want my ro-

CBb/ED          man-

FA/EbGC        cing, The

BbF/DBb         only time you

CBb/EGBB    hold me is

F/EbGBb         when

F/CEbA            we're

F/BbEbG          danc-

F/AEbGb          ing,

BbF/BbDF        I don't know why I

GD/BFG           love you

Eb/G                  like I do,

CBb/EbGEb     I don't know

FA/EbGbEb      why, I just

BbF/DFBb        do.

For more information regarding his work and songs, visit the website, Fred Ahlert

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