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- It Had To Be You
- Words by Gus Kahn,
Music by Isham Jones - 1924
- Number 3 on the
Hit Parade in 1944, played for 12 weeks.
| Verse: |
| G Gmaj7 |
G7 |
C6 Cm6 |
G Em |
| A7 |
- D7 |
G Cm6 |
G D7 |
| G Gmaj7 |
G7 |
C6 Cm6 |
G Em |
| A7 |
- |
D7 Eb7b5 |
D7 D+ |
| Chorus: |
| Gmaj7 D+ |
Gmaj7 G |
E7 |
- |
| A7 |
- |
- G#dim |
A7 |
| D7 Am7 |
D7 D#dim |
Em |
- |
| A7 |
- |
D7 Eb7b5 |
D7 D+ |
| Gmaj7 D+ |
Gmaj7 G |
E7 |
- |
| A7 |
- |
- G#dim |
A7 Em |
| Am Am7 |
Adim D7 |
G B7 |
Em Gdim |
| D7 Gdim |
D7 |
G |
- (D7 D+ to chorus) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- This song is in the key of
G.
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- Verse:
- Why do I do just as you
say? Why must I just give you your way?
Why do I sigh? Why do I try to forget?
- It must have been that something
lovers call fate, kept on saying I had to wait,
I saw them all, just couldn't fall 'till we met.
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- Chorus:
- It had to be you, it had
to be you,
I wandered around and finally found the somebody who,
Could make me be true, could make me be blue,
And even be glad just to be sad thinkin' of you.
- Some others I've seen, might
never be mean,
Might never be cross or try to be boss, but they wouldn't do,
For nobody else gave me a thrill, with all your faults, I love
you still,
It had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you.
- _______
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- Watch
the Northwest Banjo Band perform "It Had To Be You"
(youtube)
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- Listen to Jack Convery
(banjo) and Gary Neuman (piano) play "It Had To Be You"
(mp3)
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- Watch
the San Francisco Banjo Band perform "It Had To Be You"
(youtube)
- _______
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- This Chord Chart
may not appear correctly with some browsers. It should
be viewed with a full size window.
- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com