Duke

Ellington's Sound of Love

Ballad Charles Mingus

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A B♭maj F ( ) B♭maj D    (    )
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             
I was young and care free, not a song had foundmy so ul. Lostin

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G    (  ) F    (  ) B♭maj D ()

            
3 3

    
blues, jazz and rag time, no sound had got to my mood. I was

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Cmin F ( ) C♯ C Bmaj F ( ) B♭maj
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         
   
search ing for my mel o dy. love blues that gets me wooed.

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B D♯min  () D♯dim () C♯maj C♯ C♯min  F♯ ()
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            
3 3 3 3

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All a lone. sad clown with his cir cus closed

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Bmaj Bmin E Amaj Amin C♯min E F♯min

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             
3 3

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down. Lost on my mem ry go round came a mel o

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F♯ () Gmin () C ( ) Fmaj D  (  )

   
  
3 3

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dy in my heart so year ning.
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C
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G ( ) C () Fmaj B B♭maj
        
      
Taught me to hear mu sic out of love, from the soul, for this

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E♭ () Dmin () G ()
    
   
Life we all live in fi nite with the

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Cmin  () F ( ) B♭maj B ()
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D C♯ C Bmaj F ( )
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3

          
lov er, and be lov ed. as one El ling ton Sound of Love.