Key: Eb major
Verse 1
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D
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D#m
That sweet expression,
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C#m
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the smile you gave me
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B
E
or is it?
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G#
It's March, of 1963
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In mid- morning, New Jersey
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D#m
Two musicians drive through the snow bound,
suburban landscape
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D
On their way to a recording session
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Verse 2
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F#sus4
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And hopes he would hear Frank
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B
no tion before the session
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Em
an experienced song stylist
E
B
A
Wonders whether he will ever hear his own
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C#m
voice over the airways
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B
The two men met only last week and have
only played a few pieces together
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G
The singer sitting in informally
Verse 3
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The singer is a little concerned
But the band leader,
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B
the gentle and positive man
different on this occasion
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Em
Something wholly sympathetic to
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D
the sound the singer has
Verse 4
G
D
C#
The two were joking and smoking and
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F#sus4
They carry no chats,
B
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B
D
and have made no formal musical arrangements
Or even had a real rehearsal
Each man having performed them,
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be told what to do or what to play
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Bm
The band is so well acquainted that
Verse 5
F#m
any move that need to be established
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E
Will come naturally
A
Em
A
singing 'Lush Life'
Now he who doesn't know
all the words
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Out of fun the singer joins in any way
Ebm
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And the two add one more tun
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F#
A
e to the said list
Verse 6
In fact, they do everything
in one take
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C#m
F#sus4
a dropped drum stick
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A
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Laughter, handshakes a long drive
Verse 7
home
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G
John Coltrane will go onto the highest artistic peaks
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Leading the same band in the creation of
E
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B
And among the most beloved and respected
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in the history of recorded music
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Although Johnny Hartman will go on to make
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B
some great Ballard records after this one
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Ab
Including some attempting to echo the magic
of the one he makes with strings
Verse 8
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F#sus4
Broad fame will elude Hartman
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B
until well after this death
D
C
D
C#m
But we remember them both
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