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Cheek to Cheek
Words & Music by Irving BerlinRecorded by Fred Astaire, 1935 (#1)
From the movie "Top Hat"
D6 Cdim Em7 A7 A7+5 D6 Cdim Em7 Heaven, I'm in Heaven, A7 D6 A7 Bm7 F#7 B7 And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak; Edim DM7 Bm F#m C#m7-5 F#7 And I seem to find the hap - pi - ness I seek B7 G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 A7+5 D When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek. D6 Cdim Em7 A7 A7+5 D6 Cdim Em7 Heaven, I'm in Heaven A7 D6 A7 Bm7 F#7 B7 And the cares that hang around me thro' the week Edim DM7 Bm F#m C#m7-5 F#7 Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak B7 G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 A7+5 D When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek. Bridge: D7 G A7 D Bm7 G A7 D Bm7 Oh! I love to climb a mountain, and to reach the highest peak, D7 G A7 D B7 G A7 D But it doesn't thrill me half as much as dancing cheek to cheek. D7 G A7 D Bm7 G A7 D Bm7 Oh! I love to go out fishing in a river or a creek, D7 G A7 D B7 G A7 D But I don't enjoy it half as much as dancing cheek to cheek. Dm Bbm Dance with me -- I want my arm about you; Fdim A7 Edim Gdim Bm7-5 A7 A7+5 The charm about you will carry me through' to D6 Cdim Em7 A7 A7+5 D6 Cdim Em7 Heaven, I'm in Heaven, A7 D6 A7 Bm7 F#7 B7 And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak; Edim DM7 Bm F#m C#m7-5 F#7 And I seem to find the hap - pi - ness I seek B7 G G/F# Em7 A7sus4 A7+5 D When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek.
Requested by recent visitor (Ray Acosta, who was looking for it as "Dancing Cheek to Cheek.") I did what I often do: went looking before checking to see if I already had it. But in searching for audio sources, I found one Fred Astaire version (he seems to have done several) which was slightly slower than the one everybody remembers, and which uses an intro pattern of D - Dm6 - Em7 - A7+5 that was kinda fun to mess with, especially when used as a variation from the D6 - Cdim - Em7 - A7 that is a basic component of the rest of the song.