The Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary
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    i could show the world how to smile
    i could be glad
    all of the while
    i could change the grey sky to blue
    if i had you

    changes anyone?

    i've looked around and i can't find them - my version is lacking in various ways - help appreciated.

    what a tune!

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    I don't know this tune, but there's something of that name in Ralph Patt's vanilla book:

    If I Had You

    Apparently there is also an Irving Berlin song of the same name, just to confuse matters!

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    i don't know that book

    but those changes clear up my silly problem

    what fantastic service

    thanks gb!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Groyniad
    i don't know that book

    but those changes clear up my silly problem

    what fantastic service

    thanks gb!
    Glad to be of assistance! You've given me a new tune to check out (I see Django did it).

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    thanks mike! much appreciated. that was super-clear - and some very nice little details that i will use

    knock out tune

    i'm listening to frank's version with nelson riddle's endlessly entertaining arrangement

    i wish i could sing the bloody thing effectively - my voice hardly works at all. just well enough to tempt me into trying to pull it off - but not well enough to pull it off.

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    Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Kenny Burrell.


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    he pulls it off

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    I first heard this song when I bought a CD by John Pizzarelli some years ago called All of Me. Here is the track.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VbkXXOQgv8

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    I play this one a lot. The changes I use are the same as the Ralph Patt chart.

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    Al Bowlly.

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    Here's a recent take by Duke Robillard. This is one of the tunes he teaches at Sonic Junction.


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    Duke Robillard seems to 'sing' - through his guitar.

    And his solo seems to start with a snippet of That's All - nice nod to Mr Cole (without whom...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Groyniad
    i could show the world how to smile
    i could be glad
    all of the while
    i could change the grey sky to blue
    if i had you

    changes anyone?

    i've looked around and i can't find them - my version is lacking in various ways - help appreciated.

    what a tune!
    Hi Jon,
    a suggestion for you, if you don't already have it? On a IPad / MacBook/iPhone
    it is possible to download iRealpro , which lists most Standards , very useful device
    easy to download with free updates. Highly recommended , can be used for backing
    on a live gig if necessary, I suggest that you look at it , an invaluable aid which can
    also be edited very simply. Take a look. I'm not sure that " If I had you " is included
    as my MacBook isn't to hand. But I'll be surprised if it isn't . There are approx 1550
    tunes and 1300+ Jazz tunes available . It's not expensive , a much cheaper alternative
    to BIAB.
    regards
    Alan

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    Great playing from a guitarist i don't know - thanks mark!

    Alan - really nice of you to think of that. i will look it up - i use no clever modern stuff like that and i should do (i'm not 50 yet!)

    i got a cd rom years and years ago that has master index and about 12 'fake book' type things - its all i use. and there are loads of gaps.

    can't wait to find out about this properly

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    Quote Originally Posted by Groyniad
    Great playing from a guitarist i don't know - thanks mark!
    You're welcome. Duke's been around a long time now. First heard him with Roomful of Blues. He can get gritty enough for anyone but I prefer his swing blues stuff. Made a couple records with Herb Ellis ("Conversations in Swing Guitar" and its sequel) and is still making records, touring. Gives lessons at Sonic Junction, teaching tunes (-from "Sweet Georgia Brown" to "Sweet Home Chicago" and throws in some of his own too.) Deeply influenced by Billy Butler and Bill Jennings. Posts on Facebook.

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    Hello
    Are these OK?...


    If I Had You - Chords?-if-i-had-you-jpg
    Music is the key that can open strange rooms in the house of memory.

    Llewelyn Wyn Griffith

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    Quote Originally Posted by Groyniad
    i could show the world how to smile
    i could be glad
    all of the while
    i could change the grey sky to blue
    if i had you

    changes anyone?

    i've looked around and i can't find them - my version is lacking in various ways - help appreciated.

    what a tune!

    I love this version! If you guys haven't heard it, give it a listen...




    Oops... I see the link was posted already, but what the heck.... it is a wonderful version. I play a lot of the same stuff John does on his recordings, as I warble out vocals to the standards I perform live and John's vocal range is similar to mine....
    Last edited by docdosco; 10-27-2016 at 01:04 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhoderick
    Hello
    Are these OK?...


    If I Had You - Chords?-if-i-had-you-jpg
    Music is the key that can open strange rooms in the house of memory.

    Llewelyn Wyn Griffith
    That would be correct. At least that's what I play too. Great tune, the first I played it was at a gig, I had to figure out changes on the fly with no charts, just listening to the singer and bass player. I got it by the 3rd chorus. Need more ear training, or cleaning.