My Shining Hour

Words & Music by Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1979
From the 1943 film "The Sky's The Limit"


Intro:

D9            F#m
  This moment,   this minute,

G9      D6/7/9     Em7 A7
And each sec - ond in  it

D9           Cdim           Em7  
Will leave a glow upon the sky;

G      G/F#      E   F#7  Bm7        Em7/9  A7-9  D6
And as time goes by,          it will nev -  er  die.


Melody:

 D   D9  Bm7     G    G/F#  A7  A7/6
This will be my shi - ning hour,

 D   D9   Bm7        G       A7
Calm and happy and bright;

Bm7   Cdim(IV)      Em  C#m7-5  E    F#7
In my  dreams, your face will  flow - er

Bm           D       E        A    A+5
Through the darkness of the night.


 Am7       D        G6    Em9
Like the lights of home before me,

Gm    Em7-5      GM7      Em7 A7/9
Or an  an  - gel watching o'er me;

DM7  F#m7      Bm Bm7/E  G    G/F#  E7/9   E7
     This will be my    shi - ning hour

Em7sus4     Gdim  A    D9   F#7   B7  
 'Til   I'm with you again.


DM7  F#m7      Bm Bm7/E  G    G/F#  E7/9   E7
     This will be my    shi - ning hour

Em7sus4     Gdim A7-9   D6   DM7 F#m7  Bm Bm7/E  G Edim  D6   
 'Til   I'm with  you again.

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.