I Remember You

Words & Music by Johnny Mercer & Victor Schertzinger, 1942
Recorded by Frank Ifield, 1962 First recorded by Jimmy Dorsey, 1942 (#9)
Adapted from an arrangement by Reed Kotler at justjazz.com*


Intro: Am7 - D7sus4 - D7 - G  -  G6  -  Am7  -  D7


G           F#
I remember you --

G                   Dm7      G7         C
You're the one who made my dreams come true

  Cm          G    Am7  D7
A few kisses ago.


G           F#
I remember you --

  G                Dm7      G7         C
You're the one who said, "I love you, too."  

  Cm               G
I do...didn't you know?


Bridge:

CM7         F#m7   B7    E      F#m7      B7    
I remember, too, distant bells       and stars that

E              Em7  A7          DM7   Am7    D7
Fell  like the rain out of the blue


G                 F#
When my life is through      

G             Bm7-5   E7    Am7  
And the angels ask me to recall

     Cm             G    Bm7-5   E7
The thrill of them all

            Am7          D7su - D7  G   Am7   D7sus
Then I will tell them I remem- ber you.


(Instrumental interlude - 1 Verse)


(Repeat Bridge)


G                  F#
When my life is through      

G             Bm7-5   E7   Am7  Cm
And the angels ask me to recall

     Cm9           G   Bm7-5  E7
The thrill of them all

            Am7         D7sus -  D7      
Then I will tell them I remem - ber 

Bb            Cm
Tell them I remember

  Am7       D7sus4- D7   G    F#  G  G6
Tell them I remem - ber you.


Kottler's website (justjazz.com) has a number of excellent examples of how to re-harmonize pop standards such as this one, and equally good tutorial information on jazz theory. I wish he would make the re-harmonizations easier to find -- and site information talks about that goal -- but it hasn't happened yet that I know of. Still, it's worth the search to find them.


 
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.