Piano Diana Blog: Irving Berlin

Let's Face The Music And Dance Music Score

Irving Berling wrote a popular song in 1935 from the Motion Picture Follow The Fleet, called Let's Face The Music And Dance. It's played in the Key of C with dreamy altered chords in 4/4 tempo. Here's the sheet music chords for the piano from The Best of Diana Krall. Keep in mind that what you're playing is not necessarily Diana Krall's arrangement.

"Let's Face The Music And Dance"

Intro

C/G Am7/G Dm7 Dm7/G C6 Ebm6 Dm7b5 G7#5

Cm Cm6 Cm(maj7) Cm7

There may be trouble ahead
Cm                                             Dm7b5 G7 C                   Cmaj9 C9
But while there's moonlight and music and love and romance
F6                 Fm6           C/E Ebm6 Dm7 G7#5
Let's face the music and dance
Cm                                        Cm6 Cm7
Before the fiddlers have fled
G7              Ab7        D7/A D7 Dm7/G G7      F/G G7         C Cmaj9 C9
Before they ask us to pay the bill and while we still have the chance
F6                 Fm6          C/E Cdim/Eb Dm7 C
Let's face the music and dance

Ab    Eb9              Ab                 Eb9              Ab                        G7 F/A Bbm G7/B
Soon we'll be without the moon, humming a different tune and then
Cm                                         Cm6 Cm(maj7) Cm7
There may be teardrops to shed
Cm                                             Dm7b5 G7 C             Cmaj9 C9
So while there's moonlight and music and love and romance
F6                  Fm6   C/E D7   D7/A Ab7b5
Let's face the music and dance, dance.

C/G Am7/G Dm7 Dm7/G C6 G7#5(b9) C6
Let's face the music and dance.

Slash Chords (Not in any order)

L.H. / R.H.

Cm = CC/EbGC
Cm7 = CC/GCEbG
Dm7b5 = DD/AbCG
G7 = GG/FBD
C = CC/GDF
Cmaj9 = G/BDEG
C9 = CC/BbDEG
F6 = FC/AD
Fm6 = FD/AbD
C/E = EC/GC
Ebm6 = EbGb/CGbBb
Dm7b5 = DF/CFAb
G7#5 = GF/BD#G
C6 = CC/ACEbG
Ab7 = AbAb/GbCEb
D7/A = AA/F#CD
D7 = DD/CF#A
Dm7/G = GG/DFA, DD/BFG
Cdim/Eb = EbC/Gb
Dm7 = DC/FC
Ab = AbAb/CEbAbC
Eb9 = Eb/BbDbFBb
F/A = AA/FC
Bbm = BbBb/FDbG
G7/B = BB/FD
Ab7b5 = AbAbFC
C/G = GG/EGCE
Am7/G = GA/EGCE
C6 = CC/CEGAC
G7#5(b9) = GF/BEbAb
C6 = CG/EA

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I love this song, How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)! It has a moderate tempo with 4/4 time signature in Key of Eb.

Here's how I play it...

HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN?

(Irving Berlin, 1932)

L.H. / R.H.

Cm G+/B
How much do I love you?

Cm7/Bb Am7b5

I'll tell you no lie

Gm D7/A D7

How deep is the ocean?

Gm Bb9/F Bb9

How high is the sky?

Eb Eb7 Ab9
How many times a day do I think of you?

F7b9 Bb7#5 Bb7 G7/B

How many roses are sprinkled with dew?

Cm G+/B
How far would I travel

Cm7/Bb Am7b5

To be where you are?

Gm D7/A

How far is the journey

Gm Bb9/F Bb9

from here to a star?

Eb Eb7 C7b9
And if I ever lost you

Fm Fm7b5

How much would I cry?

Eb/Bb F9

How deep is the ocean?

Bb7 Eb

How high is the sky?

Watch the studio recording of Diana Krall: YouTube

Videos on how to play the song, along with chord charts at http://www.learnjazzstandards.com/jazz-standards/how-deep-is-the-ocean/

Do you have a favorite Diana Krall song? Let me know if you need help with the chords. Because today is Pirate's Day, I think I had this song on my mind!

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