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The Bilbao Song
Words & Music by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill, 1929English lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Recorded by Andy Williams, 1961 (#37)
From the 1929 German musical "Happy End"
A Em7 A7+5 D D6 D9
That old Bil - ba - o moon,
D6 Dm+7 Dm6 Dm+7
I won't for - get it soon
Fdim A7 Em7 A7
That old Bil - ba - o moon,
A7+5 D6 D D6
Just like a big bal - loon
D7/9 G6 G5 G6
That old Bil - ba - o moon
G5 Gm7 Fdim(IV)
Would rise a - bove the dune
Gdim D F#m Edim
While To - ny's Beach Sa - loon
Gdim D D6 D
Rocked with an old-time tune
F#m G Gdim Edim Gdim D D6 D
We'd sing a song the whole night long and I can still re - call
A7+5 D D6 D D6 Fdim E7 Fdim
Those were the great - est those were the great - est
E7 A7 G A7sus4 A7+5 D A G A7
Those were the great - est nights of them all.
A Em7 A7+5 D D6 D9
No paint was on the door,
D6 Dm+7 Dm6 Dm+7
The grass grew through the floor
Fdim A7 Em7 A7
Of To - ny's Two By Four
A7+5 D6 D D6
On the Bil - ba - o shore
D7/9 G6 G5 G6
But there were friends ga - lore
G5 Gm7 Fdim(IV)
And there was beer to pour
Gdim D F#m Edim
And moon - light on the shore
Gdim D D6 D
That old Bil - ba - o shore.
F#m G Gdim Edim Gdim D D6 D
We'd sing a song the whole night long and I can still re - call
A7+5 D D6 D D6 Fdim E7 Fdim
Those were the great - est those were the great - est
E7 A7 G A7sus4 A7+5 D Gdim D - A7 - D6
Those were the great - est nights of them all.