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Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) - Doris Day
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Written by: Jay Livingston/Ray Evans
From the soundtrack of the Alfred Hitchcock movie
"The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
There are two versions here: the studio recording from the hit single and
secondly the version from the soundtrack of the movie, featuring an extra
verse and some different chords too.
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what's wrong so I can fix it. Thank you very much!
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1. Studio recording
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
A x-0-2-2-2-x
Amaj7 x-0-2-1-2-x
A6 x-0-4-2-2-x
Asus4 x-0-2-2-3-x
Bbdim x-1-2-0-2-x
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[Intro]
| E | % | A | % |
[Verse]
A Amaj7 A6
When I was just a little girl,
A A Bbdim Bm E
I asked my mother, "What will I be?
Bm E
Will I be pretty?
Bm E
Will I be rich?"
Bm E7 A
Here's what she said to me:
[Chorus]
D
Que sera, sera,
D A
Whatever will be, will be;
E
The future's not ours to see.
A
Que sera, sera,
E A
What will be, will be."
[Verse]
A Amaj7 A6
When I grew up and fell in love.
A A Bbdim Bm E
I asked my sweetheart, "What lies a- head?
Bm E
Will we have rainbows
Bm E
Day after day?"
Bm E7 A
Here's what my sweetheart said:
[Chorus]
D
Que sera, sera,
D A
Whatever will be, will be;
E
The future's not ours to see.
A
Que sera, sera,
E A
What will be, will be."
[Verse]
A Amaj7 A6
Now I have children of my own.
A A Bbdim Bm E
They ask their mother, "What will I be?"
Bm E
Will I be handsome?
Bm E
Will I be rich?"
Bm E7 A
I tell them tenderly:
[Chorus]
D
Que sera, sera,
D A
Whatever will be, will be;
E
The future's not ours to see.
A
Que sera, sera,
E A
What will be, will be."
E | A | % | A E| A
Que sera, sera
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2. Movie version (with extra verse and different chords here and there)
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
A x-0-2-2-2-x
Amaj7 x-0-2-1-2-x
A6 x-0-4-2-2-x
Asus4 x-0-2-2-3-x
E9 0-2-x-1-3-2
E7 0-2-x-1-3-0
D x-x-0-2-3-2
Dmaj7 x-x-0-2-2-2
D6 x-x-0-2-0-2
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freely
[Intro]
| E | % |
[Verse]
A Amaj7 A6
When I was just a little girl,
Asus A Bbdim Bm E
I asked my mo- ther, "What will I be?
Bm E
Will I be pretty?
Bm E
Will I be rich?"
Bm E7 A
Here's what she said to me:
[Chorus]
D Dmaj7 D6
Que sera, sera,
D A
Whatever will be, will be;
E
The future's not ours to see.
E9 A
Que sera, sera,
E9 A
What will be, will be."
[Verse]
A Amaj7 A6
When I was just a child in school,
Asus A Bbdim Bm E
I asked my tea- cher, "What will I try?
Bm E
Should I paint pictures"
Bm E
Should I sing songs?"
Bm E7 A
This was her wise reply:
[Chorus]
D Dmaj7 D6
Que sera, sera,
D A
Whatever will be, will be;
E
The future's not ours to see.
E9 A
Que sera, sera,
E9 A
What will be, will be."
[Verse]
A Amaj7 A6
When I grew up and fell in love.
Asus A Bbdim Bm E
I asked my sweetheart, "What lies a- head?
Bm E
Will we have rainbows
Bm E
Day after day?"
Bm E7 A
Here's what my sweetheart said:
[Chorus]
D Dmaj7 D6
Que sera, sera,
D A
Whatever will be, will be;
E
The future's not ours to see.
E9 A
Que sera, sera,
E9 A
What will be, will be."
[Verse]
A Amaj7 A6
Now I have children of my own.
Asus A Bbdim Bm E
They ask their mo- ther, "What will I be?"
Bm E
Will I be handsome?
Bm E
Will I be rich?"
Bm E7 A
I tell them tenderly:
[Chorus]
D Dmaj7 D6
Que sera, sera,
D A
Whatever will be, will be;
E
The future's not ours to see.
E9 A
Que sera, sera,
E9 A
What will be, will be."