Irving

Mills, Irving Gordon Prelude to a Kiss Duke Ellington

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A B♭ E♭ A♭ G C F B♭

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D♭

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If you hear a song in blue Like a flower crying for the dew
If you hear a song that grows From my tender sen timent al woes

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E♭

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B♭ F- B♭ B♭- E♭  A♭ F B♭- E♭  A♭ G
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That was my heart ser en a ding you My prelude to a kiss

That was my heart try ing to compose A prelude to a kiss

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B C A- G E- E♭ D- G

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Though it's just a simp le mel o dy with no thing fancy no thing much

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A- G C- F B♭- C♭- C- C♭

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you could turn it to a symphon y a Schu bert tune with a Ger shwin touch

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A3 B♭ E♭ A♭ G C F B♭-

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D♭

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O how my love song gent ly cries For the ten der ness with in your eyes

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B♭- E♭ F- B♭ B♭- E♭  A♭ F

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My love is a pre lude that nev er dies a pre lude to a kiss

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