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The Sound Of Music

Words by Oscar Hammerstein, Music by Richard Rogers - 1959

Five Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

First Chorus:
F	-	E	-
F	-	Bb	C7
F	-	E	-
F                 Bb	C7	F	-
Bridge:
Bb            Bbdim	F	Bb            Bbdim	F
Bb            Bbdim	F	G7	C              F
Bb            Bbdim	F	Bb            Bbdim	F
Dm	Am	Dm            G7	C             C7
Last Chorus:
F	-	E	-
F	-	Bb	Bbm
F	Am	Bb	Gm7
Am	C7	F	-      (C7 repeat all)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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First Chorus:

The hills are alive with the sound of music,
With songs they have sung for a thousand years.
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music,
My heart wants to sing every song it hears.

 

Bridge:

My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds that rise from the lake to the trees.
My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies from a church on a breeze,

To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over stones on its way,
To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray.

 

Last Chorus:

I go to the hills when my heart is lonely,
I know I will hear what I've heard before.
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music,
And I'll sing once more.

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to Larry Kennedy perform "Sound Of Music" (mp3)

Recorded at 39 Main Restaurant in Tiburon, CA - 1975

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com