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I Could Write A Book chords by
Count Basie
Count Basie
Keely Smith
Keely Smith
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Intro 1
G
C
G
Gm
C
Gm
F
G
C
Eb


Verse 1
G

If they asked me,
D
G

I could write a book
C

About the way you walk
Em
Am

an d your whisper and moan
D
Ab
Baug
D

I could write a preface on
G
Em
F#
G

how we met
C#dim
Dm
Ddim
Bb

So the world would
A
D
G
Adim

never ever forget
G
C
C#dim

And the simple secret
A
D
Am
Em
G

of the plot
C
C#dim
Am
G
C

is just to tell them
G
Em
Edim
Am

that I dig you a lot.
Adim
Ebdim
Em
Eb
D

Then the world will discover,
G
C

as my book ends,
F
Em
A
G

how to make true lovers a friend.
F
Ab
Eb
Bb

This is the end
Ab
G

of a beautiful friendship
C
Cm
G
Eb
G
Eb

It ended a moment ago
F
Bb
Ab
Gm

This is the end of a beautiful friendship
C
F

I know, cause your eyes told me so
Adim
F
Faug
F
Ab
C#
Fm

We were al
Bb
Eb
Cm
Bb
Eb

ways like sister and brother
Ebdim
D
Dm
G

Un til that night when
Bb
Eb
Cm
F

we grabbed each oth er
Bb
Fdim
E
Eb

This is the en d of
G

a beautiful friendship
C
Eb
F
Eb
Gm
Bb

And just the beginning of more
Eb
Bb
Gm
G
Eb
Fm
Ab

Of love, an d the simple
Fm
Ab

regret of the part
Db
Fdim
Eb
Ab
Fm

Is just to tell them that
Ab
Bbm
Bb

I love you a lot
C
Fm
E
Eb

Then the world discovers,
Dbm
Db

as my book end s
Ab
Eb
Ab
Fdim
Db
Bbm
Eb
Fm

How to make true lover s,
Db
G
Gb
Db

true swingin' lovers
Fm
Db
Fm

Oh, I'm happy to say
Db
Dbm

I found my love that way
Gb
Fm
Bb
Eb

The good Lord made us
Fm
Bb
Fm

lovers an d our friends

Well, I'm tellin' you I'm happy to say
Db
Dbm

I found my love that way
Fm
Bb
Eb
Fm

Our city made us lovers and our friends
Eb
Fm

One more time I'm happy to say
Db

I found my love that way
Dbm
Db
Fm
Bb

The good Lord made us lov
Eb
Ab

ers and our friends

Thank you, Keely.

The end of a beautiful friendship.
Eb

But that was only the

beginning, Morton.

Only the beginning.

Okay, if we're coining phrases, I'll say,

well begun is half done.

You can't top me.

A bird in the hand

is worth two in the bush.

And here we'll quit, Keely,

because whether you know it or not,

we've made our point.

But at the beginning, a good start

is worth two in the bush,

which is the story of the

very special deal

the Air National Guard has

for any young man

who qualifies for pilot training.

Man,

if I was just only a few years younger.

Don't fight it, Count.

We'll take you on as music consultant.


How about the touch of your lips?

I'm playing piano, Martin, remember?

So let's let Marshal Royal

touch his lips to the alto.

Always it's music for a guard session.

Count Basie plays.

It's take one.

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Chords
  • G

  • C

  • Gm

    3
  • F

  • Eb

    6
  • D

  • Em

  • Am

  • Ab

    4
  • Baug

  • F#

    2
  • C#dim

    4
  • Dm

  • Ddim

  • Bb

  • A

  • Adim

  • Edim

  • Ebdim

  • Cm

    3
  • Faug

  • C#

    4
  • Fm

  • Fdim

    3
  • E

  • Db

    4
  • Bbm

  • Dbm

    4
  • Gb

    2

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