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Que Sera, Sera

(Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

  Academy Award for Best Original Song,  Words and Music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans - 1955

Verse:
C	Cmaj7	C6	C
-	C#dim	Dm7	G7
-	-	-	-
Dm7	G7	C	-
Chorus:
F	-	-	-
C	-	-	-
G7	-	-	C
-	-	Dm7           G7	Dm7            G7
C	-	-	-       (repeat)
Ending:
C	-	Dm7	G7
C	F	C	-         (End)

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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Verses:

When I was just a little girl (boy),

I asked my mother,  "What will I be?
Will I be pritty (handsome)?  Will I be rich?"
Here's what she said to me:

 

When I was just a child in school,

I asked my teacher,  "What should I try?
Should I paint pictures?  Should I sing songs?"
This was her wise reply:

 

Chorus:

"Que Sera, Sera,  Whatever will be, will be;

The future's not ours to see.

Que Sera, Sera!
What will be, will be!"

 

Ending:

"Que Sera, Sera!"

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Watch Dave Marty perform "Que Sera, Sera!" on the plectrum banjo (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com