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Lida Rose / Will I Ever Tell You?
Words and Music by Meredith Wilson - 1957
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G G#dim D7 -
- F# C    G     F#    G -
C - G E+
A7 - D7   C   D7   E7 Am7       D7
G G#dim D7 -
- F# C    G     F#    G Bm7
C Cm6 G E7
Am7 D7   C   D7 G C      G   (repeat)
Ending:
G C      G    (repeat) |
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
This song plays two melodies at the same time, "Lida Rose" and "Will I Ever Tell You?".
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Lida Rose
 
Lida Rose, I'm home again, Rose to get the sun back in the sky.
Lida Rose, I'm home again, Rose about a thousand kisses shy.
Ding, dong, ding! I can hear the chapel bell chime.
Ding, dong, ding! At the least suggestion I'll pop the question.
Lida Rose, I'm home again, Rose without a sweetheart to my name.
Lida Rose, now everyone knows that I am hoping you're the same
So here is my love song, not fancy or fine.
Lida Rose, oh won't you be mine!  Lida Rose, Oh Lida Rose.
 
Ending:
Lida Rose, Oh Lida Rose.
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Will I Ever Tell You?
 
Dream of now, dream of then.
Dream of a love song that might have been.
Do I love you? Oh, yes, I love you.
And I pray to tell you, But only when you dream a dream.
Sweet and low, sweet and low,
How sweet that mem'ry how long ago
Forever? Oh, yes forever.
Will I ever tell you my love? (Lida Rose, Oh Lida Rose)
 
Ending:
Lida Rose, Oh Lida Rose.
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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