Midnight Sun Chords by Ella Fitzgerald

Tempo:
143.65 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Eb

E

B

Db

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ella Fitzgerald - Midnight Sun (1957) chords
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[Ab]
[Abm] [E]
[B]
[A] [Eb] [Ab]
[Abm]
[E]
[Abm] [A]
[G] [Ab] Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice, [Eb] warmer [Db] than the summer night.
100%  ➙  144BPM
Ab
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Eb
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E
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B
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Db
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Ab
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Eb
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E
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Let's start jamming Ella Fitzgerald - (1964 Version) Midnight Sun chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - Gb, B, Abm, Db, F, Bb, Db, Eb, Cm, Bbm, Eb, Cm and B in sequence. A strategic approach would be to train at 71 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 144. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of Db Minor in mind.

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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Ab] Your lips were like a red and ruby _ chalice, _ _ [Eb] warmer [Db] than the summer _ night. _ _
_ _ _ [F] The _ _ [Gb] _
clouds were like an _ alabaster _ _ palace, _ rising to [B] a _ _ snowy [Abm] eye. _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ [F] Each [E]
star [Ab] its own [E] aurora [B] _ _
borealis, _ _ suddenly you [A]
held me [B] tight. _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Ebm] _ I could see [Ab] the midnight _ _ [Db] _ _ [B] _ _
sun, _ _ [Eb] _ _ I [Ab] can't [Eb] _ _ see the silver [Ab] rain [Cm] that found me.
Or was that [G] a _ _ [F] moonlit _ day? _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ The [Gb] _
music [Dbm] of the universe _ [Bbm]
around me.
_ Or was that [Db] a [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] nightingale?
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ And [E]
then your arms _ [Bm] _ [Abm] miraculously found _ me.
_ Suddenly [B] the sky [Em] turned _ [B] _ _
pale, _ _ [Eb] I [Ab] could see the _ _ [Abm] midnight sun.
_ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G]
Was there such a night?
[Eb]
It's a thrill [Cm] I still don't [Bb]
quite _ believe. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But _ _ _ after you were _ gone, [Db] there was still some [Eb] _ stardust _ [Cm]
on my [B] sleeve.
_ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [A] _ The [Ab] _
flames turn _ _ to a nimber, _ and the stars [F]
forget _ to shine. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] And [Gb] we may see the meadow in December, _ _ I see [Gbm] white and crystal _ _ [Db] line. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [F] But [E] oh my darling, always I'll remember, _ _ _ when your lips [Em] were close to _ [Eb] mine. _ _
_ _ [A] And I [Eb] saw the [Ab] midnight _ _ [Db] sun, _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] turn to a number, _ and the stars [Db] forget _ _ to shine.
_ _ [Eb] _
[Abm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Gb] And we may see the meadow in December, _ _ I see [Db] white and _ crystal _ _ line. _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [E] But [Ab] oh my [E] darling, _ always I'll _ [Abm] remember, _ when your lips [A] were _ [B] close to _ mine. _
_ _ _ [Ebm] And I [Ab] saw the _ midnight _ _ sun, [B]
the midnight _ sun, _ _ [E] _
_ the midnight _ sun, [G] the _ _ _ midnight _ sun [Ab] _ of a girl. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was authored by Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton and Johnny Mercer.

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