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