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This Could Be The Start Of Something
Words and Music by Steve Allen - 1956
 Chorus:
C7 F Dm Gm7
Gm             D+ Gm7 C7 Dm
Dm7           Dm6 Bb Bdim Am            Gm
-                 D9 Gm7 C7 F              F#dim
C7 F Dm Gm7
Gm             D+ Gm7 C7 Dm
Dm7           Dm6 Bb Bdim Am            Gm
-                 D9 Gm7 C7 F
 Bridge:
F Cm7 F7 Cm7
F7 Cm7 F7 Cm7
F7              Cm7    F7 Bb Cm7 Bb
- - G9 Gm7
 Chorus:
C7 F Dm Gm7
Gm             D+ Gm7 C7 Dm
Dm7           Dm6 Bb Bdim Am            Gm
-                 D9 Gm7 C7 Fmaj7
-                D7b9 Gm             Gm7 C7 F               (End)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Chorus:
You're walkin' along the street, or you're at a party,
Or else you're alone and then you suddenly dig;
You're looking' in someone's eyes, you suddenly realize,
That This Could Be The Start Of Something big!
You're lunching at "Twenty-One" and watching your diet,
Declining a Charlotte Russe, accepting a fig,
When out of a clear blue sky, it's suddenly, gal and guy,
And This Could Be The Start Of Something big!
 
Bridge:
There's no controlling the unrolling of your fate, my friend,
Who knows what's written in the magic book?
But when a lover you discover at the gate my friend,
Invite her in without a second look!
 
Chorus:
You're up in an aeroplane or dining at Sardi's,
Or lying at Malibu alone on the sand,
You suddenly hear a bell, and right away you can tell,
That This Could Be The Start Of Something,
This could be the heart of something, This Could Be The Start Of Something fine!
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Performer Links:
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Listen to Steve Peterson perform "This Could Be The Start Of Something" (mp3)
Recorded at Peninsula Banjo Jubilee, San Jose, CA - 1983
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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