Chords for Vocal Jazz Online: The Blues: Centerpiece sung by Lenora Zenzalai Helm

_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ We'll play one.
One out front. _
Three.
And that's it.
So you sing.
You [C] take three. _
Mm-hmm.
Choruses or three times?
Two vocal choruses and one [G] scat.
Oh, then you're going to want to sing the vocal chorus out again?
That's [Db] right.
So four.
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Which five, actually.
It's two.
It's two choruses?
All [B] right.
Intro, [Db] five choruses out.
Right.
All right.
_ _ [Bb] How fast?
I don't know.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
We're ready.
_ _ _ Hi.
So we're about to perform a 12-bar blues, the most commonly form used in jazz.
This is [G] a song called Centerpiece. _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Db] _ _ [F] The more I'm with you, [Bb] pretty baby, _ [Cm] the more I [E] feel my love [Gbm] increase.
_ [D] I'm building all my [Gm] dreams [C] around you.
[F] Our happiness will never [C] cease.
[G] _ _ [Bb] Nothing's any [Bb] good without you.
[A] _ [F] Baby, you're [Abm] my [Ebm] centerpiece.
_ [A] We'll build a house and garden [C] _ somewhere [F] _ along the [A]
country road at [A] peace.
_ [Bb] A little [A] college on the _ [F] outskirts where we can [D] really find relief.
[F] But nothing's ever good [C] without [A] you.
Baby, [C] you're my [Bb] centerpiece.
_ [F] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ [Bb] We'll build [A] a house and garden somewhere along the country road at peace.
But nothing's ever good without [Bb] you.
Baby, [G] you're my centerpiece.
We'll build a house [A] and garden somewhere along the country road at peace. _ _
[Eb] _ Let's live a [D] free life. _
[Eb] Let's go get [A] a bottle of [C] wine.
_ [C] Let's [Bb] live free.
I'll sing a _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _
song.
[F] The more I'm with you, pretty baby, [G] _ [Cm] the more I feel my love increase.
[Bb] _ I'm [Bb] building all my dreams around [Ab] you.
[F] Our [D] happiness will never [C]
cease.
[D] Cause nothing's really good without [Bb] you.
_ [A] Baby, _ you're _ [Bb] _
_ [Dm] centerpiece.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ Along the [Cm] country road at peace.
[D] A little college on the _ outskirts [Cm] where we can really find [Db] relief.
_ [Bb] But nothing's ever good without _ [A] you.
Baby, you're [Bm] my _ [F] centerpiece. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [E] _ _ [Fm] _