The Song is You

Words & Music by Oscar Hammerstein II & Jerome Kern
Recorded by Tommy Dorsey, 1946, Frank Sinatra vocal


CM7    C     Em7    Cdim    Dm7  G7
I hear music when I look at you,

   G9        C       C6    C7      C7/G  F    Bb9
A beautiful theme of ev'ry dream I ever knew.

     Fdim        C    C/B Am7    Am7/G   Dm7  G7
Down deep in my heart,         I hear it play,

    G9    Bm7-5  C      Am7   Dm7   G7
I feel it start    then melt away.


CM7    C     Em7    Cdim       Dm7  G7
I hear music when I touch your hand,

   G9        C        C6      C7        C7/G        F    Bb9
A beautiful mel - o - dy from some en - chan - ted land,

     Fdim        C    C/B Am7           Dm7 G7    Dm7 G7   C
Down deep in my heart,        I hear it say   is this the day?



Bridge:


E                          B7         
I a - lone have heard this love - ly strain,

G                           Am7
I a - lone have heard this glad re - frain,

Em                            A9
Must it be for - ev - er in - side of me

    B7       Em             Dm7     G7            
Why can't I let it go?  Why can't I let you know?



            CM7     C        Em7    Cdim          Dm7  G7
Why can't I let you know the song my heart would sing?

      G9             C          C6     C7      C7/G        F     Bb9
That beau -ti - ful rhap - so - dy of love and youth and spring,

    Fdim         C    C/B Am7     Am7/G     Dm7     G7    
The mu - sic is sweet         the words are true,    

    Dm7      C
The song is you.

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