Key: Eb major
Verse 1
Em
E
C
Bm
E
C#m
That sweet expression,
F#
Bm
Eaug
E
the smile you gave me
Asus4
Bbdim
A
D
or is it?
C#m
F#
It's March, of 1963
Bm
Em
In mid- morning, New Jersey
E
C#m
Two musicians drive through the snow bound,
suburban landscape
Eaug
F#
C
On their way to a recording session
F
Verse 2
Bm
Esus4
E
And hopes he would hear Frank
G
A
no tion before the session
G
Dm
an experienced song stylist
D
A
G
Wonders whether he will ever hear his own
C#m
F#
Bm
voice over the airways
E
A
The two men met only last week and have
only played a few pieces together
Faug
F
The singer sitting in informally
Verse 3
Em
The singer is a little concerned
But the band leader,
Bb
A
the gentle and positive man
different on this occasion
G
Dm
Something wholly sympathetic to
G
C
the sound the singer has
Verse 4
F
C
B
The two were joking and smoking and
B
E
Esus4
They carry no chats,
A
E
A
C
and have made no formal musical arrangements
Or even had a real rehearsal
Each man having performed them,
Bm
E
be told what to do or what to play
Eaug
Am
The band is so well acquainted that
Verse 5
Em
any move that need to be established
Bbdim
D
Will come naturally
G
Dm
G
singing 'Lush Life'
Now he who doesn't know
all the words
Eaug
Out of fun the singer joins in any way
Dbm
F#
And the two add one more tun
Bm
E
G
e to the said list
Verse 6
In fact, they do everything
in one take
Bdim
Bm
Esus4
a dropped drum stick
Em
G
Asus4
Laughter, handshakes a long drive
Verse 7
home
C
F
John Coltrane will go onto the highest artistic peaks
D
G
A
And among the most beloved and respected
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Bbdim
in the history of recorded music
F#
E
Although Johnny Hartman will go on to make
C
A
some great Ballard records after this one
Eaug
F#
Including some attempting to echo the magic
of the one he makes with strings
Verse 8
E
Esus4
Broad fame will elude Hartman
E
A
until well after this death
C
Bb
C
Bm
But we remember them both
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