These changes are more jazz-friendly. A step-wise bass line. More ii-V-I's. Kept it very true to the original harmony (no tritone subs or other reharms).
If I Only Had A Brain - Harold Arlen
The ending is missing
. This is inexplicably missing the entire ending. The chords that go under these lyrics "For after all, what would life be like without it, nothing's to be done about it. Might as well be happy while we may. Love came on stealthy fingers and stole my heart away." See Irene...
Thanks for this! Two suggested edits: the composer is Charles Strouse. And the last bar going into the bridge should be a 6/9 chord instead of a dominant chord.
Isn't this song simply in 3/4? Both Dionne Warwick's version (link above) and Cilla Black's versions are in 3/4. You can even see the musical director conducting a waltz in Cilla's version: https://youtu.be/ZUxn6JLwdDY
And here is the verse, as published. Lyric starts with "the things I used to like...". See Nina Simone's version from the late 50s for a great example. It Might As Well Be Spring - Verse - Richard Rodgers
And here is the verse, as published. Lyric starts with "the things I used to like...". See Nina Simone's version from the late 50s for a great example.
It Might As Well Be Spring - Verse - Richard Rodgers