Young At Heart: Chords and Lyrics

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

                 Bb

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

So Long September

Saying goodbye to September! 

Here is a timeless song with a daunting melody. Great song by many different artists. An American treasure, for sure. If you have the time, here are a few videos to see and hear. I have the song on vinyl. It's a timeless song and a bit sad, yet life is eternal.

Nat King Cole

Chet Baker

Tony Bennet

Jimmy Durante

Willie Nelson


September Song - Bing Crosby, 1946

                                         September Song Sheet Music

Sheetmusicdirect

Kurt Weil

Download full song as PDF 

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

How To Play Thriller by Michael Jackson

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

Do you have a favorite Michael Jackson song? I hope you'll stop by and leave me a comment or song request of a favorite song of his. Well, I can think of many of his songs that I have danced to or sung along with! Here's a wonderful online video tutorial that I found for learning how to play Thriller by Michael Jackson.



* Video Keyboard Notes Tutorial by shawncheekeasy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzVORnVMp38



* Chord Chart

Intro: G Am


1. It's close to mid...night and something evil's lurking in the dark,

under the moon...light you see a sight that almost stops your heart.

You try to scre...am , but terror takes the sound before you make it.

You start to fre...eze, as horror looks you right between the eyes,

you're paralyzed.
Am C
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night,
D F
and no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike.
Am C
You know it's thriller, thriller night,
D F G Am
you're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight

2. You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run.

You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun.

You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination,

but all the while you hear the creature creepin' up behind,

you're out of time.
Am C
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night,
D F
there ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes.
Am C
You know it's thriller, thriller night,
D F G A
you're fighting to survive inside a killer, thriller tonight.

Night creatures call, and the dead start to walk in their masquerade.

There's no escapin' the jaws of the alien this time.

this is the end of your life.

3. They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side.

They will possess you unless you change the number on your dial.

Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together,

all thru the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen,

I'll make you see...
Am C
That this is thriller, thriller night,
D F
'cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would dare to try.
Am C
Girl, this is thriller, thriller night,
D F
so let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller, chiller,
G Am
thriller here tonight.


Am C
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night,
D F
and no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike.
Am C
You know it's thriller, thriller night,
D F G Am
you're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight

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Brian McKnight- Back At One

Cover of Back at One

The song Back At One sung by Brian McKnight is a popular song request I receive often.
Here it is on YouTube along with an excellent slide by kroba87




Back At One – Brian McKnight

B Abm
It's undeniable, that we should be together
E C#m C#m Eb/B E F#
It's unbelievable, how I use to say that I fall ne-ver
B Abm
The basis is need to know, if you don't know just how I feel
A Abm Fdim
Then let me show you now that I'm for real
A Abm F#
If all things in time, time will reveal

Chorus:

B
One, you're like a dream come true
Abm
Two, just wanna be with you
E Eb/B
Three, girl is plain to see
C#m F#
That you're the only one for me
B
And four, repeats steps one thru three
Abm F# Abm
Five, make you fall in love with me
E Eb/B C#m
If ever I believe my work is done
F# B
Then I'll start back at one

verse 2: (same chords as verse 1)

It's so incredible
The way things work themselves out
It's all emotional
Once you know what it's all about, hey
And undesirable
For us to be apart
I never would have made it very far
Cause you know you've got the keys to my heart




My favorite all time video of Brian singing and playing piano with this different yet amazing arrangement. Brian is a very talented musician that's for sure!

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