Prelude To a Kiss

Words & Music by Irving Gordon, Irving Mills & Duke Ellington
Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, 1956


D  DM7  D7  D6 D   D6  D7   GM7   G6            Gm7    Gdim
If you hear a song in blue like a flower crying for the dew,

E7sus4       A9    A7/9      D    DM7    B7   Em7
 That was my heart ser - e - na - ding you, 

          A7sus4 A7+5  D
My prelude  to    a   kiss.


D  DM7  D7  D6  D   D6  D7    GM7     G6          Gm7    Gdim
If you hear a song that grows from my tender sentimental woes

E7sus4       A9   A7/9   D  DM7    B7   Em7
That was my heart trying to com - pose 

          A7+5 A7 D
A prelude  to  a kiss.


Bridge:

Gdim         G     G/B       Am7       D7
Though it's just a sim - ple mel - o - dy 

     G          Em7       Am7        D7
With noth - ing fan - cy, noth - ing much,

Am7       G       E7   Am7         D7
You could turn it to a sym - pho - ny,

  G                      A      A-9   A9
A Shu - bert tune with a Ger - shwin touch.


A7/9 D  DM7 D7   D6   D   D6   D7           GM7    G6    Gm7       Gdim
Oh, how my love song gen -tly cries for the tenderness within your eyes;

  E7sus4      A9   A7/9       D   DM7  B7   Em7
My love is a pre - lude that nev - er dies, 

   A7    A7+5 A7   D 
A prelude to  a  kiss.

Unforunately, I deleted the e-mail from the individual who requested the chart on this song. My apologies to you, wherever you are, but thanks for the suggestion. I wound up using four different recordings as a basis for this transcription, but none of the others matched Ella's for it's cleanness of presentation in allowing a haunting melody to come through.

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