Andy Williams – Moon river
Friday, December 31st, 2010
“Moon River” is a song composed by Johnny Mercer (lyrics) and Henry Mancini (music) in 1961, for whom it won that year’s Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was originally sung in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Audrey Hepburn, although it has been covered by many other artists. The song also won the 1962 Grammy Award for Record of the Year.[1]
It became the theme song for Andy Williams, who first recorded it in 1961 and performed it at the Academy Awards ceremonies in 1962. He sang the first eight bars at the beginning of his television show and also named his production company and venue in Branson, Missouri after it. Williams’ version was disliked by Cadence Records president Archie Bleyer, who believed it had little or no appeal to teenagers.[citation needed] Andy Williams’ version never charted, except as an LP track, which he recorded for Columbia in a hit album of 1962. (Wikipedia)
THIS SONG IS PLAYED IN 3/4 TIME
What goes on…again? Here’s Moon River, a piece I’m told Mancini wrote. I’m
not sure who was the original singer, there was a bunch…
Check out my blog for strumming patterns.
Here are the chords:
Cmaj7 Am7 Fmaj7 Bm7b5 E7 C7 Bb7 Fm7#b5 B7 Em7 A7 Dm7 G7 Am7/G F7 C6
e–0—-0—-0—–0—0—0–1—-0—-1—0—0—1–1—-0—-1–0
B–0—-1—-1—–3—0—1–3—-1—-0—0—2—1–0—-1—-1–1
G–0—-0—-2—–2—1—3–1—-2—-2—0—0—2–0—-0—-2–2
D–2—-2—-3—–3—0—2–3—-2—-1—0—2—0–0—-2—-1–2
A–3—-0—-0—–2—2—3–1—-0—-2—2—0—0–2—-0—-3–3
E–0—-0—-0—–0—0—0–1—-2—-0—0—0—0–3—-3—-1–0
The lower-case “b”s and “5″s represent “flat 5″…
Cmaj7 Am7 57555X 57555X
Moon river
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 xx10 9 10 8
Wider than a mile xx10 9 10
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
I’m crossing you in style
Bmaj7b5 E7
Someday
Am7 C7
Oh, dream maker
Fmaj7 Bb7
You heart breaker
Am7 Fm7#b5 B7
Wherever you’re go - ing
Em7 A7 Dm7 G7
I’m go- ing your way
Cmaj7 Am7
Two drifters
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Off to see the world
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
There’s such a lot of world
Bm7b5 E7
To see
Am7 Am7/G
We’re af- ter the
Fm7#b5 F7 Cmaj7
Same rainbow’s end
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Waiting round the bend
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
My Huckleberry friend
Am7 Dm7 G7 C6 Dm7,G7,Cmaj7[Hold]
Moon river and me…