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Song title:      Till There Was You
Original Album:	 The Music Man (Soundtrack)
Other Albums:    With The Beatles (1963) (UK)
                 Meet The Beatles (1964) (U.S.)


Words and Music by Meredith Willson
Copyright © 1950, 1957 FRANK MUSIC CORP. and MEREDITH WILLSON MUSIC
Published by Frank Music Corp.

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)



NOTES:
Both guitars are 6-string and can be either acoustic or electric.


 


INTRO:

 

Guitar2:
  F               F#dim7            Gm              C9                F               F#dim7            Gm              C9
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------1-----------------------|---------------------------------|---------1-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------2-------------------|---------3-----------------------|-------------2-------------------|---------3-----------------------|
|-----------------4---------------|-------------5-------------------|-----------------4---------------|-4h5---------5-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



 

VERSE1:
Chords:
Fmaj7    x8 10 9 10 8 or xx321x or xx1333    Bbm   688666 or x13321    Abm7  464444
F#dim7   x9 10 8 10 x or x3424x or x6757x    C7    x3231x              Gm7   353333
Gm       355333       or xx8786              Am7   575555              F     xx3211


          | Fmaj7     | F#dim7      | Gm              | Bbm
There were  bells on a  hill   but I  never heard them  ringing

     | Fmaj7 Am7   Abm7   | Gm7  C7            | F  | Gm  C7
No, I  never heard them at  all  till there was  you




VERSE2:
Chords:
Fmaj7   x8 10 9 10 8 or xx321x or xx1333    Am7   575555    F   x8 10 10 10x
F#dim7  x9 10 8 10 x or x3424x or x6757x    Abm7  464444    F9  x8788x
Gm      355333       or xx8786              Gm7   353333
Bbm     688666       or x13321              C7    x3231x


          | Fmaj7       | F#dim7      | Gm            | Bbm
There were  birds in the  sky    but I  never saw them  winging

     | Fmaj7 Am7 Abm7   | Gm7  C7            | F   F9
No, I  never saw them at  all  till there was  you




BRIDGE:
Chords:
Bb   688766    D9        x5455x    G7  353433 or x5546x
Bbm  688666    Gm        355333    C7  x3231x
F    133211    Gm(maj7)  354333    C+  x3211x or xx6554
 

              | Bb   | Bbm              | F
Then there was  music      and wonderful  roses

    | D9        | Gm    Gm(maj7)  G7         C7   C9    | C+
They  tell me in  sweet fragrant  meadows of dawn    and  dew

 


VERSE3:
Chords:
Fmaj7   x8 10 9 10 8 or xx321x or xx1333    F   x8 10 10 10x    C9  x3233x
F#dim7  x9 10 8 10 x or x3424x or x6757x    Am7   575555        F9  x8788x
Gm      355333       or xx8786              Abm7  464444
Bbm     688666       or x13321              Gm7   353333


         | Fmaj7      | F#dim7      | Gm            | Bbm
There was  love all a - round  but I  never heard it  singing

     | F     Am7   G#m7 | Gm7  C9            | F  | F9
No, I  never heard it at  all  till there was  you

 

[GUITAR SOLO]




Then there was...

[repeat BRIDGE]




VERSE4:
Chords:
Fmaj7   x8 10 9 10 8 or xx321x or xx1333    F   x8 10 10 10x    C9  x3233x
F#dim7  x9 10 8 10 x or x3424x or x6757x    Am7   575555        F9  x8788x
Gm      355333       or xx8786              Abm7  464444
Bbm     688666       or x13321              Gm7   353333
 

         | Fmaj7      | F#dim7      | Gm            | Bbm
There was  love all a - round  but I  never heard it  singing

     | F     Am7   Abm7 | Gm7  C9              | F   F9
No, I  never heard it at  all     till there was you





OUTRO:
Chords:
C      x32010    Db7    x4342x and xx9 10 99
E7/B   x20100    Fmaj7  xx3210
F      x33211


C     E7/B | C           | F   | Db7 | F | N.C. Fmaj7 |
Till__________  there was  you.


[end on an ascending Fmaj7 arpeggio]