The Real American Folk Song chords by Ella Fitzgerald

SimplifiedG · C · Ab · Cm · Cdim …

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G
C
Ab
Cm
Cdim
Bm
Em
A
C#dim
Am
D
F
F#
E
Daug
C#m
Dm

Verse 1
G 
 (G major) The song is ended,
C 
Ab 
Cm 
but the  (C major) melody lingers on.  (A flat major)  (C minor) 
Cdim 
Bm 
Em 
A 
 (Cdim) You  (B minor) and the  (E minor) song are gone,  (A major) 
C#dim 
A 
Am 
D 
G 
D 
 (C sharpdim) but the  (A major) melody  (A minor) linger (D major)  (G major) s on.  (D major) 
G 
Em 
G 
The night  (G major) was  (E minor)  (G major) splendid,
C 
G 
C 
Cm 
and  (C major) the melody seemed  (G major)  (C major) to say,  (C minor) 
F 
G 
Bm 
Em 
Sum (F major) mer  (G major) will  (B minor) pass  (E minor) away,
A 
C#dim 
Em 
Am 
D 
G 
F# 
 (A major)  (C sharpdim) take  (E minor) your  (A minor) happiness while  (D major) you  (G major) may.  (F sharp major) 
Bm 
C#dim 
Be (B minor) neath the light of the  (C sharpdim) moon,
Em 
F# 
E 
F# 
Bm 
E 
Am 
 (E minor)  (F sharp major) we  sang a love  (E major) song  (F sharp major) that  (B minor) ended too  (E major) soon.  (A minor) 
D 
Daug 
G 
F# 
G 
Em 
G 
 (D major) The  (Daug) moon  (G major)  (F sharp major) des  (G major) cen (E minor) ded,  (G major) 
Em 
G 
C 
Am 
Ab 
Cdim 
 (E minor)  (G major) and I  (C major) found with the  (A minor) break of dawn  (A flat major)  (Cdim) 
Bm 
Em 
A 
C#dim 
you  (B minor) and the song  (E minor) had gone.  (A major)  (C sharpdim) 
A 
Am 
G 
C 
G 
Cm 
Cdim 
G 
D 
 (A major) But the melody  (A minor) lingers  (G major) on and on and on  (C major) and  (G major) on  (C minor)  (Cdim) and on  (G major)  (D major) and
A 
D 
G 
Am 
Bm 
F# 
G 
C 
Am 
Cm 
C 
G 
on.  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (A minor)  (B minor)  (F sharp major)  (G major)  (C major)  (A minor)  (C minor)  (C major)  (G major) 
Em 
A 
Am 
D 
G 
Bm 
 (E minor)  (A major)  (A minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (B minor) 
C#dim 
F# 
Bm 
C#dim 
 (C sharpdim) There     (F sharp major)  (B minor) needs a light of the  (C sharpdim) moon
F# 
C#m 
C#dim 
We  (F sharp major) sang  (C sharp minor) a  (C sharpdim) love     song
F# 
Bm 
E 
Am 
 (F sharp major) that  (B minor) ended  (E major) too  (A minor) soon
D 
G 
Em 
G 
Dm 
G 
 (D major) The moon  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major) des (D minor) cen ded  (G major) 
C 
Am 
C 
and I  (C major) found  (A minor) with the break (C major) 
F 
Ab 
of dawn.  (F major)  (A flat major) 
Bm 
Em 
You  (B minor) an (E minor) d   the song had gone,
A 
Am 
D 
G 
C#dim 
G 
C 
G 
D 
A 
C 
G 
Bm 
 (A major) but the melody  (A minor) lingers  (D major)  (G major) on and on and  (C sharpdim) on        (G major) and on  (C major) and on  (G major)  (D major) and on.  (A major)  (C major)  (G major)  (B minor) 
you