Chords for Someone to Watch Over Me sung by Michael Feinstein

One of the things that was very interesting for me was _ learning about the process of how
many of these songs were created.
_ Because the creative process of writing a piece of music is very mysterious and the
[Abm] inspiration can come from anywhere.
I believe it's divine.
I think a lot of it comes from a spiritual source.
But the nuts and bolts of achieving the final product of a song is sometimes a very circuitous [Eb] path.
_ Accidents happen that [D] in retrospect are very happy accidents.
An example of that is how [Abm] George and I were came to write one of the most famous ballads.
In 1926 they were working on a Broadway musical called OK.
It's [C] a show that starred [Dbm] the great [D] British musical theater performer Gertrude Lawrence.
_ _ They had to come [Abm] up with a ballad that she could sing in a rather plaintive and small voice.
And yet this particular day George and I were working on the dance number for the show.
[C] And George played a melody that went like this.
_ [F] _ [C] _
[Dm] _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [E]
That's the melody he'd come up with.
And the idea was that it [B] had this [C] syncopation.
Ba [F] ba da ba da [D] da da da [Eb] da da [Dm] da da da [Db] da da da da.
But as he was [Abm] playing it he was distracted by his sister Frances who asked him a [C] question
and he slowed down.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
And [E] as he slowed down Ira's [Em] [D] ears perked up [Em] and he said, George, play that [Am] again [C] slow.
And he played. _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Ab] [C] And _ [Eb] _ [Dm] _
_ [Db] _ _ [Dm] that's how they came to write this [F] song that was always particularly important [G] to
Ira because Ira wrote these words [C] just around the time he married his wife Leonore.
And he [Em] later confessed to me that one [G] line in the song he wrote about himself, he may
not be the man [Dm] some girls [F] think of as handsome.
So this is for _ Ira.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _
_ [Gb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Gb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Looking [A] everywhere, [G] haven't found her yet.
_ [C] She's the big affair I cannot [Gb] forget.
[Dm] _ Only [F] girl I [Em] ever think of with [C] regret.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
I'd [Gb] like to add [F] my initial [Em] to her monogram. _
_ [G] _ Tell [Abm] [Am] me [D] where is [D] the shepherd [Gm] for this [G] _ lost [Eb] _
lamb?
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Bb] [Am] There's a somebody [F] I'm [D] longing to see.
_ [C] _ _ [B] I [C] hope that [F] she turns out [Bb] to be [F] _ _ _ someone _ _ who'll [E] watch over [A] me.
[D] _
_ [G] _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ The [F] little lamb that's lost [Fm] in the woods.
_ [C] I know [G] I could always [Bb] be good [F] _ to _ one _ who'll watch [G] over me.
[Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [G] Although [F] I may not be the man some girls [Fm] think of [C] as handsome.
_ [Gb] _ [F] [B] To her [E] heart I'll carry the [A] key.
[Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] To tell her [F] please to put on some [E] speed.
_ [C] Follow my [G] lead.
Oh, _ [Db] _ [E] _ _
[Dm] _ [F] _ _ someone _ to watch over [C] me.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C]
She may be far, [F] she may be [Dm] nearby.
[Fm] _
I'm [Em] promising [C] _ [Gb] hereby.
To [E] my heart she'll carry the key.
[A] _ _ [Dm] _
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ And this world [Gb] would be like heaven [Gbm] if _ [Db] she'd follow my [Ebm] lead.
I know how [D] I _ _ [Ebm]
need _ someone [Ab] [Gb] to watch [B] over me.
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ Someone _ _ _ to [Eb] watch _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
over [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ me.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
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