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Everybody Loves A Lover: Doris Day

Everybody Loves A Lover

Inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous quote, "All mankind loves a lover," Adler and Ross wrote their No. 1 hit for Doris Day in 1958. The Shirelles came out with their very successful recording in 1962.

Key: G
Time: 4/4
Songwriters: Richard Adler and Robert Allen
© Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Charlie Deitcher Prod Inc

Intro:

There's a bass walk up that you do a few times, It's D-F#-G. Then with the right hand, you play a cool grace note first, F# to E-G, then B-D, then C-E to B-D.

Chorus:

F# G G# D7 G#

Everybody loves a lover

D7 G
I'm a lover, everybody loves me

G#dim D
Anyhow, that's how I feel

A7 D D7 F#
Wow, I feel just like a Pollyanna

G G# D7 G#

I should worry, not for nothin

D7 G Gmaj7 G7
Everybody loves me, yes they do

C G
And I love everybody

G#dim D7 G F# G
Since I fell in love with you

Who's the most popular personality
I can't help thinkin' it's no one else but me
Gee, I feel just about ten feet tall, havin' a ball
Guess ya might call me a Pollyanna

Everybody loves a lover

Everybody loves a lover
I'm a lover, everybody loves me
Anyhow, that's how I feel
Wow, I feel just like a Pollyanna

I should worry, not for nothin
Everybody loves me, yes they do
And I love everybody
Since I fell in love with
Fell in love with
Fell in love with you

The outro is the same as the Intro.

The G#dim chord will look like this: G#/FBD

The single hit, Everybody Loves A Lover is available on Amazon... Along with The Shirelles.

A free ukelele chord chart to the song can be found, here. Guitar chords in Key of D, here.

A fun way to get those fingers flying, besides practicing your scales, is a nice resource called Hanon Exercises.

Thanks and have a wonderful weekend!

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

Mack The Knife: Lenny Dee

Mack The Knife

English words by Marc Blitzstein
Original German words by Bert Brecht
Music by Kurt Weill

Key: C Major, Modulates to Eb
Time: 4/4 Brightly

Lenny Dee has written an arrangement that is real nice. You can read more about him, here.

Mack The Knife Lyrics

Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear,
And he shows them pearly white;
Just a jack-knife has Macheath, dear,
And he keeps it out of sight!

When the shark bites with his teeth, dear,
Scarlet billows start to spread;
Fancy gloves, though, wears Macheath, dear,
So there's not a trace of red!

On the sidewalk Sunday morning
Lies a body oozing life;
Someone sneaking 'round the corner;
Is the someone Mack the Knife?

From a tugboat by the river,
A cement bag's dropping down;
The cement's just for the weight, dear;
Bet ya Mackie's back in town!

Louie Miller disappeared, dear,
After drawing out his cash,
And Macheath spends like a sailor;
Did our boy do something rash?

Suky Tawdry, Jenny Diver,
Polly Peachum, Lucy Brown;
Oh, the line forms on the right, dears,
Now that Mackie's back in town!

Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear,
And he shows them pearly white;
Just a jack-knife has Macheath, dear,
And he keeps it out of sight!

Just a jack-knife has Macheath, dear,
And he keeps it out of sight!

Here's Lisa Stansfield singing Mac The Knife on YouTube. So many artists like, Bobby Darin and Louis Armstrong has done this song. Do you have a favorite song from this era?

Mack The Knife Chords

C6 = GACE/A

G7 = GBDF/A

C = GCE/B

Ebdim = GbACEB

Dm7 = FACD/D

G7 = GBDF/B

C6 = GACE/A

repeat

G9 = FABE/E

C = GCE/C

B7 = F#ABD#/B

Bb7 = FAbBbD/Bb

modulation

Eb6 = GBbCEb/Eb

Edim = EGBbDb/C#EGC

Bb7 = FAbBbD/DFAbC

Bbaug = F#BbD/DF#AbC

Eb6 = GBbCEb/EbGBbC

Cm = GCEb/F

F#dim = F#ACEb/C

Fm = FAbC/F

Bb7 = FAbBbD/D

Eb6 = GBbCEb/C

Bb7 = FAbBbD/DFAbCEb

Bbaug = F#BbD/Ab

Eb = GBbEb/G

F#dim = F#ACEb/C

Fm = FAbC/F

E7 = EG#BD/AbCbDG

Eb = GBbEb/Eb

Eb7 = G/GBbD

Ab = Ab/EbAbC

Cb = A/EbGbBb

Bb7 = Bb/FAbBb

Eb6 = GBbCEb/GBbCEb

Enjoy playing this famous song. It has a glissando in it, along with triplets in the melody line.

Have fun jamming along with this software product from HearandPlay, Backpocket Band.

All the best,

-- LadyD

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

Learn To Play Three Country Sad Songs

I started thinking on the abundance of the best country songs we have available to us. Many folks can relate to the heartfelt lyrics. The feelings and emotions behind a song have a universal appeal.

I wanted to share a few of these sad songs... lonely tunes if you will. I also thought of a few scriptures that can encourage someone who is going through some lonely times right now.

"The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you: He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." Deut. 31:8

1. Any Time

"Any Time" is a country song written by Herbert "Happy" Lawson. The song was published in 1921 and first recorded by Emmett Miller for OKeh Records in 1924. For more information, visit here.

Listen to the song on YouTube.

Time: 4/4 Shuffle or Swing

Chords and Lyrics

A7 D7

Anytime you're feeling lonely
G7 C
Anytime you're feeling blue
F Fm C
Anytime you feel down hearted
A7 D7 G7
That will prove your love for me is true.
A7 D7
Anytime you're thinking 'bout me
G7 E7
That's the time I'll think of you
A7 D7
Anytime you say you want me back again
G7 C
That's the time I'll come back home to you.
Anytime your world is lonely
And you'll find true friends a few
Anytime you see a rainbow
That will be a sign the storm is through.
Anytime will be the right time
Anytime at all will do
Anytime you're sure you want only my love
That's the time I'll come back home to you.
--- Instrumental ---
Anytime you're thinking 'bout me
That's the time I'll think of you
Anytime you say you want me back again
That's the time I'll come back home to you...

"I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you." John 14:18

Crying in the Chapel l Chords and Lyrics

2. Crying in the Chapel

"Crying in the Chapel" is a song written by Artie Glenn for his son Darrell to sing. Darrell recorded it while still in high school in 1953.

Time: 4/4 (Fox Trot or Swing)

F
You saw me crying in the chapel
C
The tears I shed were tears of joy
D7
I know the meaning of contentment
Dm7 C
Now I am happy with the Lord.

F
Just a plain and simple chapel
C
Where humble people go to pray
D7
I pray the Lord that I'll grow stronger
Dm7 C
As I live from day to day.

F Fm
I've searched and I've searched
C D7
But I couldn't find
Am7
No way on earth
D7 G7
To gain peace of mind.

F
Now I'm happy in the chapel
C
Where people are of one accord
D7
We gather in the chapel
Dm7 C
Just to sing and praise the Lord.

Verse 2

F
Every sinner looks for something
C
That will put his heart at ease
D7
There is only one true answer
Dm7 C
He must get down on his knees.
F
Meet your neighbor in the chapel
C
Join with him in tears of joy.
D7
You'll know the meaning of contentment
Dm7 C
Then you'll be happy with the Lord.

F Fm
You'll search and you'll search
C D7
But you'll never find
Am7
No way on earth
D7 G7
To gain peace of mind.

F
Take your troubles in the chapel
C
Get down on your knees and pray
D7
Your burdens will be lighter
Dm7 C
And you'll surely find your way...

Jesus said: "I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:20

Read more: http://www.letssingit.com/eddy-arnold-lyrics-crying-in-the-chapel-867wfs6#ixzz4RLUnruhq
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3. Heartaches By The Number (1959)

Words and Music by Harlan Howard

For more information, visit here.

Time: 4/4

C F

Heartache number one was when you left me

Dm G7 C
I never knew that I could hurt this way

F Dm
And heartache number two was when you came back again

G7 C
You came back and never meant to stay

Chorus

F Dm

Now I've got heartaches by the number, troubles by the score

G7
Ev'ry day you love me less

C
Each day I love you more

F Dm

Yes, I've got heartaches by the number, a love that I can't win

G7
But the day that I'll stop counting

C
That's the day my world would end

Verse 2

C F

Heartache number three was when you called me

Dm G7 C
And said that you were coming back to stay

F Dm

With hopeful heart, I waited for your knock on the door

G7 C
I waited, but you must have lost your way

Chorus

"God is your refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."

Psalm 46:1

Hope your Thanksgiving with family and friends was wonderful!

Blessings,

-- LadyD

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

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

To learn more about these types of chords, you can buy 300pg Home Study Course from Hear and Play. Purchase Young At Heart album, here.

Summer has begun here. Hope you're enjoying pleasant days!

All the best,

-- LadyD

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

Diana Krall: Lost Mind

photo credit: Diana Krall via photopin (license)

I was looking at the stats on some earlier chord progressions that I shared with you. My readers seem to like the song The Frim Fram Sauce with over 1500 views and Peel Me A Grape with 1600+ views. Another popular one is, Besame Mucho.

Today I wanted to share with you a popular song sung by Diana that was written in the 50s.

Lost Mind

Words and Music by Percy Mayfield

Key: F
Time: 4/4
Slow Blues

Chords

Gb13 F13 Gb13

If you could be so kind

F13 Gb13
To help me find my mind

F13
I'd like to thank you in advance

Bb7
Know this before you start

Ab13
My soul's been torn apart

G7 C7sus C7 Gb13
I lost my mind in a wild romance

F13 Gb13

My future is my past

F13 Gb13

Its memory will last

F13

I'll live to love the days gone by

Bb7 Ab13
Each day this becomes and goes like the one before

G7 C7sus F13
My mind is lost until the day I die

Bbm6 F13

Words would fail me if I tried to describe him

Db9 C7#9(b13) F7
Though I know he's not what he should have been

Bb7 Bdim7 F7/C
He was the Devil with the face of an angel

Am7b5 D7#9(b13) G13 C7#11
He was cruel and sweet, sweet and cruel as homemade sin

F13
If you could be so kind

Gb13
To help me find my mind

F13
I'd like to thank you in advance

Bb7
Know this before you start

Ab13
My soul's been torn apart

G7 C7#9 E7 Eb7 D7
I lost my mind in a wild romance

G13b9 C7 F Emaj7311 F13

I lost my mind in a wild romance

Chord Breakdown

L.H. / R. H.

Gb13 = GbFb/EBbEb and GbFb/EbAbBbE

F13 = FEb/GADF

Bb7 = Bb/AbDF

Ab13 = AbGb/FC

G7 = G/BAb

C7sus = C/BbFG

C7 = GE/BbAb

Bbm6 = BbG/DbFG

Db9 = DbCb/FAE

C7#9(b13) = CBb/EAbEb

F7/C = CA/EbF

Bb13 = BbAb/GC#D

Am7b5 = AG/EbA

D7#9(b13) = DF#C/FBbD

G13 = GF/EG

C7#11 = CEBb/F#C

E7 = ED/G#

Eb7 = EbBb/G

D7 = DC/F#

Emaj7#11 = E/EAbBbEb

The Very Best of Diana Krall

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All the best,

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

A Blossom Fell: Diana Krall

     


In 1954, words and music were written to the song, A Blossom Fell by Howard Barnes,

Harold Cornelius and Dominic John. It was recorded by Nat "King" Cole in 1955.

A Blossom Fell (Key of Bb)

Play slowly with 4/4 time signature

Intro

Bb/F  Edim7  Bb/F  A/E  Bb/F  F/A  Eb/G  Dm/F

Eb6  E13 F13

          Bb6       Bdim7  Cm7  F7
A blossom fell from off a tree;

    Cm7    F7                     F7#5      Bb        
It settled softly on the lips you turned to me.

                   Bb/D Dbdim7 Cm F7
The gypsies say, and I know why,

           Cm7     F7 F7#5 Bb6 Bdim7      F7/C

 A falling blossom only touches lips that lie.


[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nat_king_cole/a_blossom_fell_crd.html ]
  F7      Bb6       Bdim7 Cm7 F7
A blossom fell, and very soon

  Cm7     F7                     F7#5     Bb
I saw you kissing someone new beneath the moon.

  Bb7#5       Eb                        Bb/D          
I thought you loved me;    you said you loved me,

             Cm7 F7             Bbdim7 Bb
We planned together   to dream forever,

    Bb7#5     Eb             Ebm       Bb/D Dbdim7
The dream has ended,     for true love died

            Cm7     Bdim7    F7/C        F7        Bb Ebm/Bb Bb
The night a blossom fell and touched two lips that lied.

Slash Chords for The Song

L.H. / R.H.

Bb6 = Bb/BbDG
Bdim7 = B/AbF
Cm7 = C/CEbG
F7 = A/CEbG
Cm7 = C/BbG
F7 = F/AA
F7#5 = FEb/AA
Bb = Bb/DBb
Bb/D = D/BbF
Dbdim7 = Db/BbEA
Cm = C/EbG
F7 = F/AEbG
Cm7 = C/BbEbBb
F7 = F/AEb
F7#5 = F/C#FA

Bb6 = Bb/BbDG
Bdim7 = B/AG
F7/C = C/AEbF
F7 = FEb/AF
Bb6 = Bb/BbDG
Bdim7 = B/AbF
Cm7 = C/CEBG
F7 = A/CEbG
Cm7 = C/BbG
F7 = F/AA
F7#5 = FEb/C#G

Bb = Bb/DD
Bb7#5 = BbAb/DF#D
Eb = Eb/EbGD
Bb/D = D/DFC
Cm7 = C/BbEbBb
F7 = A/AEbA
Bbdim7 = Bb/BbC#G
Bb = BbF/BbDF
Bb7#5 = BbAb/DF#D
Eb = Eb/EbGD
Ebm = Eb/EbGbD

Bb/D = D/BbFBb
Dbdim7 = Db/BbEBb
Cm7 = C/BbEbG
Bdim7 = B/AbDG
F7/C = C/AEbG
F7 = F/EbAC
Bb = BbF/DFBb
Ebm/Bb = BbGb/EbBbD
Bb = BbFD/FBbCF

Diana Krall: Video

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

How To Play Love Me Tender

At the Movies ~ "Love Me Tender", 1956 (Photo credit: e r j k p r u n c z y k)

Love Me Tender was written in 1956 by Elvis Presley and Vera Matson. It's a moderately slow ballad with 4/4 time signature. Here's the popular song in the Key of D that so many enjoy.

Chords to Love Me Tender (UltimateGuitar.com)

Intro: |D    |

Verse 1:

D              |E7            |A7           |D   |
LOVE ME TENDER  LOVE ME SWEET  NE-VER LET ME GO,
D                 |E7              |A7            |D   |
YOU HAVE MADE   MY LIFE COM-PLETE   AND I LOVE YOU SO.

Chorus:

D       F#7    |Bm      D7   |G      Gm        |D   |
LOVE ME TENDER  LOVE ME TRUE  ALL MY DREAMS FUL-FILL,
D      B7     |E7         |A7           |D   |
FOR MY DARLIN' I LOVE YOU  AND I AL-WAYS WILL.

Verse 2:

D              |E7           |A7             |D    |
LOVE ME TENDER  LOVE ME LONG  TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART,
D                  |E7        |A7             |D   |
FOR IT'S THERE THAT I BE-LONG  AND WE'LL NEVER PART.

Chorus:

D       F#7    |Bm      D7   |G      Gm        |D   |
LOVE ME TENDER  LOVE ME TRUE  ALL MY DREAMS FUL-FILL,
D      B7     |E7         |A7          |D   |
FOR MY DARLIN' I LOVE YOU  AND I ALWAYS WILL.

Verse 3:

D              |E7           |A7             |D   |
LOVE ME TENDER  LOVE ME DEAR  TELL ME YOU ARE MINE,
D                    |E7            |A7             |D   |
I'LL BE YOURS THROUGH ALL THE YEARS  TILL THE END OF TIME.

Chorus/Outro:

D       F#7    |Bm      D7   |G      Gm        |D   |
LOVE ME TENDER  LOVE ME TRUE  ALL MY DREAMS FUL-FILL,
                                 /      /
D      B7     |E7         |A7          |D         |
FOR MY DARLIN' I LOVE YOU  AND I ALWAYS WILL.

Chord Chart in Key of G

Verse 1:

G               A7             D7sus D7      G   Am7 D7
LOVE ME TENDER  LOVE ME SWEET  NE-VER LET ME GO,
G               A7                 D7sus D7        G 
YOU HAVE MADE   MY LIFE COM-PLETE   AND I LOVE YOU SO.

Chorus:

G       B7      Em      G7    C      Cm         G
LOVE ME TENDER  LOVE ME TRUE  ALL MY DREAMS FUL-FILL,
    Dm6 E7+5 E7  A7         D7sus D7     G   Am7 D7
FOR MY DARLIN' I LOVE YOU  AND I AL-WAYS WILL.

Verse 2:

G               A7           D7sus D7          G Am7 D7
LOVE ME TENDER  LOVE ME LONG  TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART,
G                   A7        D7sus D7           G
FOR IT'S THERE THAT I BE-LONG  AND WE'LL NEVER PART.

Chorus:

G       B7      Em      G7    C      Cm         G
LOVE ME TENDER  LOVE ME TRUE  ALL MY DREAMS FUL-FILL,
    Dm6 E7+5 E7 A7          D7sus D7    G
FOR MY DARLIN' I LOVE YOU  AND I ALWAYS WILL.


Slash Chords For The Piano

Love Me Tender (Ed Sullivan Show Live 1956)


G/BDG  Love me tender

A/C#GA love me sweet

D/ACEG Nev-

D/CDF# er let me

G/BDG  go. 

D/GCE

D/F#CD

G/BDG



G/BDG  You have made my

A/C#GA life complete

D/ACEG and

D/CDF# I

D/CE   love

D/CDF# you

G/BDG  so.



G/DGB  Love me

F#/D#AB tender

E/BEGB love me

D/BFGB true 

C/CEB  All my

C/CEbG dreams ful-

G/DGB  fill.

G/DGB  For

F/DAB  my

E/DG#C dar-lin

A/C#GA I love you,

D/ACEG and

D/CDF# I

D/DF#B al-

D/CF#A ways

G/BDG 



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