Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu)

Words & Music by Domenico Modugno & Francesco Migliacci
English lyrics by Mitchell Parrish*
Recorded by Domenico Modugno, 1958 (#1) [won 2 Grammies, 1958]
Also recorded by Bobby Rydell, 1960 (#4)



Intro Verse: (tempo ad lib)

 C             C/B        Edim	
Sometimes the world is a valley 

      Gdim		   Dm7   Fdim(III)  G7
   of heartaches and tears 

G          D7         G7         Fdim        C   Gdim Dm7 G7
And in the hustle and bustle, no sunshine appears;

C          Am          Gdim        Cdim	     Dm7
But you and I have our love always there to remind us

 D          Am7	    D7     	  Dm7	  G7
There is a way we can leave all the shadows behind us.  


Melody: (a tempo)

Edim  Dm	   Dm+7  A7  Dm  G  C   C/B Em7	  Am  Am+7  C7
Vo - la - re,      oh  oh,cantare,     oh oh oh oh.  

       F      Fdim       C      Am
Let's fly way up to the clouds, 

  F           Fdim         C    C/B   
Away from the madd'ning crowds.

	   Am         Am+7      Am7         Am6
Let us sing in the glow of a star that I know of,

       Em       B+           Em7   Em6
Where lovers enjoy peace of mind;

         G          G+7        G6        G5/6     Am	
Let us leave the confusion and all disillusion behind.

          Fm         Fm7	       Dm7       Fdim	      G7
Just like birds of a feather, a rainbow together we'll find. 



Final Refrain:


Edim  Dm	   Dm+7 A7 Dm  G    C  C/B Em7	   Am Am+7 C7
Vo - la - re,     oh oh,  cantare,     oh oh oh oh.

     F       G7	        C   C/B  Am7  Am7/G
No wonder my happy heart sings; 

     F          G7      C     C/B  Am7  Am7/G
Your love has given me wings.

     F       G7	            C   C/B  Am7  Am7/G
No wonder my happy heart sings; 

       F       G7       C     Fdim   C
Your love has given me wings.


*Parrish is, in my opinion, the undisputed king of after-the-fact lyric writing. Among his other lyric jewels written after the music was popularized is a little ditty you may have heard of called "Star Dust."


 
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.