Moon River

Words & Music by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini
Recorded by Henry Mancini, 1961 (#11)
Oscar Winner, 1961 (From Breakfast at Tiffany's); double Grammy winner, 1961

C    C/B   Am   Am7/G  F      Dm7      C
Moon----- River------, wider than a mile,

G     F      Dm7     C     C/B  D6    E7
I'm crossing you in style some day;

      Am   C7         F      Bb7
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,

   Am            B7    Em7  A7         G7
Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way.

C   C/B   Am   Am7/G  F     Dm7       C
Two---- drift - ers, off to see the world;

G         F    Dm7     C   C/B  D6    E7
There's such a lot of world to see!

      Am   Am7      D7   F7        C
We're af - ter the same rainbow's end,

F                   C
Waitin' 'round the bend, 

    F          C      Am   Dm    G7     C    Am7   Dm7    G
My huckleberry friend Moon River    and me.



(Instrumental break - 1st two lines of verse) 

    Am     C7        F       Bb7
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,

    Am           B7    Em7  A7         G7
Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way.

C  C/B   Am   Am7/G  F     Dm7       C
Two---- drift- ers, off to see the world;

G        F     Dm7     C   C/B  D6    E7
There's such a lot of world to see!

      Am   Am7       D7  F7        C
We're af - ter the same rainbow's end,

F                   C
Waitin' 'round the bend, 

   F            C     Am   Dm    G7    F    Fdim    C
My huckleberry friend Moon River   and me.



 
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