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The Folks Who Live On The Hill
Words & Music by Oscar Hammerstein & Jerome Kern
Recorded by Peggy Lee, 1957
D B7 Em7
Someday,
G/B Edim A7 D B7 Em7 Edim
We'll build a home on a hilltop high, you and I,
D B7 Em7 A7+5 D B7 G
Shiny and new, a cottage that two can fill;
Gdim D B7 G
And we'll be pleased to be called
A7 Em7 A7 D B7 G A7
The folks who live on the hill.
D B7 Em7 G/BEdim A7 D B7 Em7 Edim
Someday, we may add a wing or two, a thing or two;
D B7 Em7 A7+5 D B7 G
We will make changes, as any family will.
Gdim D B7 G
But we will always be called
A7 Em7 A7 D
The folks who live on the hill.
Bridge:
F#m Fdim Bm Fdim F#m Fdim F#m
Our veranda will command a view of meadows green,
Fdim F#7 Bm7-5 Fdim E7 A7
The sort of view that seems to want to be seen.
A7 Em7 A7 G/B A7+5 D B7 G
And when the kids grow up and leave us,
G/B Edim A7 D B7 Em7 Edim
We'll sit and look at that same old view, just we two --
D B7 Em7 G/B A7+5 D B7 G
Baby and Joe, who used to be Jack and Jill,
Gdim D B7 G
The folks who like to be called
A7 F#7 B7 Em
What they have always been called:
B+ Em7 Edim A7 D
The folks who live on the hill.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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