My Ideal

Words by Leo Robin, Music by Richard Whiting & Newell Chase
Recorded by Jimmy Dorsey, vocal by Bob Eberle, 1944 (#5)*

D6           B9       Em        Edim
Will I ever find the girl on my mind,

     C7        B7    E9
The one who is my ideal?

A7/6            Em7      A7/6          F#  F#7
Maybe she's a dream, and yet she might be

Bm7             Fdim   Bb9         A7
Just around the corner waiting for me.

D6           B9       Em          Edim      C7        B7    E9
Will I recognize the light in her eyes that no other eyes reveal,

   Em7            Gdim    D     C#7   B7      
Or will I pass her by and never even know 

            E7 A7/6   D6    Fdim     A7  A7+5
That she is my  i - deal?



Instrumental Interlude: Half of Verse


|   D6   |   B9   |   Em  |  Edim  |   C7   |   B7   |   E9   |


|  Bm7   |  Fdim  |  Bb9  |   A7   |        



D6           B9       Em          Edim      C7        B7    E9
Will I recognize the light in her eyes that no other eyes reveal,

   Em7            Gdim    D     C#7   B7      Bm7-5   E7 A7/6   D6
Or will I pass her by and never even know 

            E7 A7/6  | D6 | Fdim | A7  A7+5 | D6
That she is my  i -   deal?


*Richard Whiting co-wrote this song in 1930. In 1937, Whiting teamed with Johnny Mercer to write "Hooray For Hollywood," "Too Marvelous For Words," and other hits -- all in the final year of Whiting's life. Years later, in 1943, when Mercer became a founder of Capital Records, one of the first artists he signed was Whiting's daughter, Margaret; he had her record this song, which became the first Capitol hit, and set the stage for Margaret to become a star in her own right.


 
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