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Version 1
This is the 1953 bing crosby version in C.
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It's similar to the original 1939 benny goodman version, martha tilton on vocals, in Bb
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Lyrics by johnny mercer.
Both versions go to this weird break with riffs from hava nagila and can can.
It's not a bad song, but a whole lot of 1 6 2 5. The bridge is long & 5m 1 for all except the last line.
Em7-5 x7878x Fm7-5 x8989x
[Intro]
CM7 Dm7 CM7
Am7 Am+7 Dm7 CM7
CM7 Am7 Dm7 G13
Am7 G7+5 CM7
[Verse]
CM7 Am7 Dm7 G13 CM7 Am7 Dm7
We meet, and the angels sing.
G13 Dm7 G13 CM7 Am7 Dm7 G13
The angels sing the sweetest song I ever heard.
CM7 Am7 Dm7 G13 CM7 Am7 Dm7
You speak, and the angels sing.
G13 Dm7 G13 G7+5 CM7 Am7 FM7 G CM7
Or am I reading music into every word?
[Bridge]
Gm7 C7
Suddenly, the setting is strange.
Gm7 C7
I can see water and moonlight beaming.
Gm7 C7
Silver waves that break on some
Gm7 C7
undiscovered shore then
Gm7 C7
Suddenly, I see it all change.
Gm7 C7
Long winter nights with the candles gleaming.
FM7 G13 G7+5 CM7 Am7 Dm7 G13
Through it all your face that I adore.
[Verse]
CM7 Am7 Dm7 G13 CM7 Am7 Dm7 G13
You smile, and the angels sing.
Dm7 G13 CM7 Am7 Dm7 G13
And though it's just a gentle murmur at the start.
CM7 Am7 Dm7 G13 Em7-5 Bb7 A7
We kiss, and the angels sing.
Dm7 Fm7-5 CM7
And leave their music ringing in my heart!