Key: Eb major
Verse 1
Bm
B
G
F#m
B
G#m
That sweet expression,
C#
F#m
Baug
B
the smile you gave me
Esus4
Fdim
E
A
or is it?
G#m
C#
It's March, of 1963
F#m
Bm
In mid- morning, New Jersey
B
G#m
Two musicians drive through the snow bound,
suburban landscape
Baug
C#
G
On their way to a recording session
C
Verse 2
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Bsus4
B
And hopes he would hear Frank
D
E
no tion before the session
D
Am
an experienced song stylist
A
E
D
Wonders whether he will ever hear his own
G#m
C#
F#m
voice over the airways
B
E
The two men met only last week and have
only played a few pieces together
Caug
C
The singer sitting in informally
Verse 3
Bm
The singer is a little concerned
But the band leader,
F
E
the gentle and positive man
different on this occasion
D
Am
Something wholly sympathetic to
D
G
the sound the singer has
Verse 4
C
G
F#
The two were joking and smoking and
F#
B
Bsus4
They carry no chats,
E
B
E
G
and have made no formal musical arrangements
Or even had a real rehearsal
Each man having performed them,
F#m
B
be told what to do or what to play
Baug
Em
The band is so well acquainted that
Verse 5
Bm
any move that need to be established
Fdim
A
Will come naturally
D
Am
D
singing 'Lush Life'
Now he who doesn't know
all the words
Baug
Out of fun the singer joins in any way
Abm
C#
And the two add one more tun
F#m
B
D
e to the said list
Verse 6
In fact, they do everything
in one take
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F#m
Bsus4
a dropped drum stick
Bm
D
Esus4
Laughter, handshakes a long drive
Verse 7
home
G
C
John Coltrane will go onto the highest artistic peaks
F#m
Leading the same band in the creation of
A
D
E
And among the most beloved and respected
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Fdim
in the history of recorded music
C#
B
Although Johnny Hartman will go on to make
G
E
some great Ballard records after this one
Baug
C#
Including some attempting to echo the magic
of the one he makes with strings
Verse 8
B
Bsus4
Broad fame will elude Hartman
B
E
until well after this death
G
F
G
F#m
But we remember them both
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