The Sound Of Music chords
Julie AndrewsSong Key: F Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: Moderate
Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e
Skill Level: Intermediate
Chords: F, F6, Fm6, C7, Gb, Gm, E, Eb, Bb, Bbm, Bbdim, G7, G7b5, Dm, Dm6, Am
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The Sound Of Music
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key F C7
1. My day in the hills has come to an end, I know.
F Gb
A star has come out to tell me it's time to go.
C7 F C7 F
But deep in the dark green shad-ows are voic-es that urge me to stay.
Fm6 Eb C7
So I pause and I wait and I lis-ten for one more sound
F Gm C7 F
For one more love-ly thing that the hills might say.
F E
Refrain: The hills are a-live with the sound of mu-sic.
F6 Bb C7
With songs they have sung for a thou-sand years.
F E
The hills fill my heart with the sound of mu-sic.
F Bb C C7 F
My heart wants to sing ev-'ry song... it hears.
F Bb Bbdim F
My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds
Bb Bbdim F
That rise from the lake to the trees.
Bb Bbdim F
My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies
G7 G7b5 C F
From a church on a breeze.
Bb Bbdim F
To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls
Bb Bbdim F
O-ver stones on its way.
Dm Dm6 Am
To sing through the night
Dm G7 C
Like a lark who is learn-ing to pray.
C7 F E
I... go to the hills when my heart is lone-ly
F Bb Bbm
I know I will hear what I've heard be-fore | |
F Am Bb Gm7
My heart will be blessed... with the sound of mu-sic | |
Am C7 F
And I' ll sing once more...
Arrangement Details:
- Key Signature: F Major – 1 flat (Bb)
- Time Signature: 4/4 — Four quarter-note beats per measure
- Tempo: Moderately
- Metronome: ♩ = 96
- Voice Range: D4 - D5
- Chord Types in This Arrangement:
- Major chords: F, Gb, Bb, E, Eb
- Minor chords: Gm, Am, Bbm, Dm
- Dominant 7th chords: G7, C7
- Minor 6th chords: Fm6, Dm6
- 6th chord: F6
- Diminished chord: Bbdim
- Altered chord: G7b5 (diminished 5th)
Song Details:
- Composer: Oscar Hammerstein II
- Lyricist: Richard Rodgers
- Date: 1959
- Lyrics Begin: My day in the hills has come to an end,
- Genre: Movie/TV, Show/Broadway, Soundtrack, Musical
- Featured Artist: Julie Andrews
- Album: The Sound Of Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Released: March 2, 1965 - The Sound Of Music is the theme song from one of the greatest musicals of all time. The original Broadway production opened on Nov 16th, 1959 while the original London production opened on May 18th, 1961 at the Palace Theatre.
- In 1965 it was adapted as a musical film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer - winning 5 Academy Awards.
