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Misery - Howard-Washington This chart was requested by Heidi Marie and I'm glad to fulfill it. "Misery" was released in 1950 and sung by Dinah Washington. It was written by Washington and Louis Howard. Heidi Marie referred me to the Deborah Cox version on Youtube...

"It's Not For Me To Say" is a song with lyrics by Al Stillman and music by Robert Allen. It was featured in the 1957 movie "Lizzie" and sung by Johnny Mathis, who had a gold record with his performance. This song, along with "Wonderful, Wonderful" (a chord chart for this one is coming) was...

"I'll Never Find Another You" is a song with words and music by Tom Springfield, brother of British singer Dusty Springfield. It was a 1965 hit by the Australian singing group "The Seekers," who had a string of hits in the middle 1960s, including "What Have They Done To The Rain" and "Georgy...

You're welcome, ecoll65. Most of the charts that I use were created by others and I'm glad to make my contribution to the collection.

Here is the chart ecoll65 requested. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" is a song with words and music by Jim Croce, recorded in 1972. It is a ballad, meaning that it is a narrative song (i.e., it tells a story); this is not to be confused with the jazz term ballad, meaning a song in 4/4 time with a slow...

Trafford, this is an old problem. My solution is to go to enter my chosen style and tempo in a text field of one of the chords in the lowest system. That way, even if the style and/or tempo gets changed, you have a reminder of what style and tempo you prefer and can reset it yourself.

Hi Heidimarie-- When I read this request, I realized that I had never heard of this song before this evening. I looked through my music collection but could not find a lead sheet for it. Therefore, I listened to the Dinah Washington version on Youtube and transcribed the chords for you. There...

As you may know, "How Insensitive" by Antonio Carlos Jobim, is based on the structure of this piece. I've performed both together in a concert setting, and the pairing is very effective.

"The Twelfth of Never" with music (sort of) by Jerry Livingston and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster was a hit for Johnny Mathis in 1957. The A sections are taken from "The Riddle Song," an Anglo-American folksong. It has an unconventional form: ABA' but is otherwise harmonically unremarkable. Its...

Actually, this song is taken from the opening section of "Donauwellen" (Danube Waves) by the Roumanian composer Ion Ivanovici (1845-1902). There are lots of performances of the entire piece on Youtube. It is a beautiful and lively waltz, composed in 1880.

I learned the lyrics to this tune almost 60 years ago. There is nothing about them that suggests a tempo for this song. The lyrics are not "wordy" making them difficult to sing at a medium tempo, in contrast to those of a song like "Midnight Sun." If you examine my chord chart, you would note...

Ain't it the truth!

Hi guys-- I just don't hear this tune as a slow ballad, and my chart reflects that. Differences between Jerry's chart and mine should provide good illustrations for newcomers who write chord charts. Songs at faster tempos often have fewer chord changes because each chord has less time (in the...

"I'll String Along With You" is a song with words by Al Dubin and music by Harry Warren. It is from the 1934 film "Twenty Million Sweethearts." The song, with its sweet sentiment, has a standard 32-bar AABA form and is typical 1930s fluff. Harry Warren was a prolific film composer, with songs in...

CGDA is not a chord; they are the notes that the four strings of the tenor banjo are tuned to, starting with the fourth (lowest) string.

Hi Lisa, I am very impressed by your chart and look forward to playing it. The turnaround in mm 3-4 of the bridge is especially nice. Two quick suggestions: in order to make your chart more legible, use the small (really, the narrow) font in those parts of the chart that have new chords every...

There was a discussion of this issue on a recent thread: https://forums.irealpro.com/threads/I-Only-Want-To-Be-With-You-Hawker-Raymonde.17895/. It might help to review the discussion there.

Well…sort of. In baroque opera, the recitative was more spoken (and often quickly) than sung, in contrast to a verse in a musical show which is carefully and slowly sung; and a recatative was typically much longer than a verse. A baroque aria was about the emotion felt by the vocalist, had a...

I'd like to expand Bob's explanation of verse and chorus by putting it into a historical context. In doing so, I'll probably become pedantic and long-winded (two of my less endearing traits), but here goes… Traditional song ballads tell stories. Their structure is strophic, meaning that they...

A D.S. al Fine within a coda! Jer, this is a most imaginative approach. I think that Cyrille's suggestion for an outro rehearsal mark would be a useful addition to the editor. Also, as I sometimes use the same material as an intro and an outro, it might be useful to have an intro-outro rehearsal...