Sunday, January 11, 2009

IT HAD TO BE YOU - Rod Stewart and Others





IT HAD TO BE YOU 
Words & Music by Gus Kahn & Isham Jones, 1924


 D+         G  D+  G    G/B        E7   Dm7-5   E7
It had to be you,       it had to be you

E7sus4         E7      E7sus4     A9      A7        A9     A7    A9
I wandered  a - round and finally found the somebody who

                D  Dmaj7 D7      Cdim         Em    B+ 
Could make me be true,        could make be be blue

  Em7     A7   Em7        A   Gdim        D     Cdim     D7
And even be glad just to be sad thinkin' of you. 


    D+          G   D+  G        G/B      E7    Dm7-5   E7
Some others I've seen        might never be mean

 E7sus4        E7       E7sus4     A9        A7            A9   A7   A9
Might e - ven be cross, or try to be boss, but they wouldn't do.

  Em7     C                 Cm
For nobody else gives me the thrill

Gdim             G          B7          Em
With all your faults, dear, I love you still.

Gdim      D7   Gdim      D7
It had to be you, wonderful you,

D9         G   Cm6  G6
It had to be you.

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Here is the Chord progression for 'It had to be You. in the key of G major. I took these from one of the original Real Books in the 1980s.
| G|| E7||
| A7|| A7||
| D7| D7     Ebo| Em||
| A7|| D7     Eb7| D7||
| G|| E7||
| A7|| A7||
| CΔ| F7| G       B7| Em|
| D7|| G|:||
Ebo = Eb diminished = Eb Gb A         CΔ = C major 7th = C E G B

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