The Bilbao Song

Words & Music by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill, 1929
English lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Recorded by Andy Williams, 1961 (#37)
From the 1929 German musical "Happy End"


 A   Em7 A7+5  D       D6  D9 
That old Bil - ba - o moon,   

   D6         Dm+7    Dm6  Dm+7
I won't for - get it soon

     Fdim      A7     Em7   A7 
That old Bil - ba - o moon,    

      A7+5   D6        D   D6
Just like a big bal - loon

     D7/9      G6      G5  G6 
That old Bil - ba - o moon   

       G5       Gm7          Fdim(IV)
Would rise a - bove the dune

     Gdim        D          F#m   Edim
While To - ny's Beach Sa - loon      

       Gdim     D        D6   D
Rocked with an old-time tune

      F#m    G       Gdim        Edim    Gdim     D        D6   D
We'd sing a song the whole night long and I can still re - call

      A7+5      D      D6    D         D6      Fdim     E7 Fdim
Those were the great - est      those were the great - est 

      E7        A7      G  A7sus4 A7+5      D   A  G  A7
Those were the great - est nights  of them all.


A   Em7 A7+5  D       D6  D9
No paint was on the door,

     D6         Dm+7       Dm6  Dm+7
The grass grew through the floor

  Fdim      A7     Em7   A7
Of To - ny's Two By Four

  A7+5       D6        D   D6
On the Bil - ba - o shore 

    D7/9        G6          G5  G6
But there were friends ga - lore

     G5       Gm7          Fdim(IV)
And there was beer to pour

     Gdim        D       F#m   Edim
And moon - light on the shore

    Gdim       D        D6   D
That old Bil - ba - o shore.

     F#m     G       Gdim        Edim    Gdim     D        D6   D
We'd sing a song the whole night long and I can still re - call

      A7+5      D      D6    D         D6      Fdim     E7 Fdim
Those were the great - est      those were the great - est 

      E7        A7      G  A7sus4 A7+5      D    Gdim   D - A7 - D6
Those were the great - est nights  of them all.



 
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