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Oh, What A Beautiful Morning

Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rodgers - Copyright 1943

Chorus:
F	C7	F	C7
F	C7	Dm	Bbm
F	C7	F	Bb
F	-	F#dim	C7
F	-	Bb	-
F	-	C7	-
F	-	Bb	Bdim
F	C7	F	-     (C7 repeat)

12-beat intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

This song is in 3/4 waltz time.

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There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,
There's a bright golden haze on the meadow.
The corn is as high as an elephants eye,
And it looks like it's climbing clear up in the sky.
Oh, what a beautiful morning,
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feeling,
Ev'erything's goin' my way.
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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to Larry Kennedy perform "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning" (mp3)

Recorded at 39 Main Restaurant in Tiburon, CA - 1975

 

Listen to Perry Bechtel perform "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com