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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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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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