A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE

LEVEL 5Ab · 100 BPM · Manhattan Transfer

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HOW TO PLAY

1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

(Eb)When true lov ers (Fm7)meet in (F)May fair, (Eb)so the (Bb7)leg ends (Eb)tell,

(Fm7)song (Bb9)birds (Eb)sing,

(Ab6)win ter (Bb)turns to (Eb)spring,

(Eb)ev ’ry wind ing (Fm7)street in (F)May fair (Eb)falls be (D)neath (G7)the (Cm)spell.

(C#dim7)I (Bb)know such en (Gm7)chant ment can (C)be,

’cause it (Cm7)hap pened one (F9)eve ning to (Bb7)me.

That (Eb)cer tain (Cm)night, the (Gm)night we (Eb7)met, there was (Ab)mag ic a (G7)broad in the (Cm)air.

(Abm6)There were (Eb)an gels (Bb7)din ing (Eb7)at the (F)Ritz, and a (Eb)night in gale (Cm)sang in (Fm7)*Ber

(Bb7)k’ley

(Eb)Square.

I (Eb)may be (Cm)right, I (Gm)may be (Eb7)wrong, but I’m (Ab)per fect ly (G7)will ing to (Cm)swear

(Abm6)that (Eb)when you (Bb7)turned and (Abm6)smiled at me a a (Eb)night in gale (Cm)sang in (Fm7)Ber

(Bb7)k’ley

(Eb)Square.

The moon that (Em7)lin gered o ver (Am7)Lon don town, poor (Bm7)puz zled (Bbdim7)moon, he (Am7)wore a (D7)frown.

How could he (Em7)know we two were (Am7)so in love?

The (Bm7)whole darn (Edim)world seemed (Fm7)up side (Bb7)down.

The (Eb)streets of (Cm)town were (Gm)paved with (Eb7)stars; it was (Ab)such a ro (G7)man tic af (Cm)fair.

(Abm6)And (Eb)as we (Bb7)kissed and (Eb7)said “good (F)night,” a (Eb)night in gale (Cm)sang in (Fm7)Ber (Bb7)k’ley

(Eb)Square.

How (Eb)strange it (Cm)was, how (Gm)sweet and (Eb7)strange.

There was (Ab)nev er a (G7)dream to com (Cm)pare

(Abm6)with that (Eb)ha zy, (Bb7)cra zy (Eb7)night we (F)met, when a (Eb)night in gale (Cm)sang in (Fm7)Ber (Bb7)k’ley

(Eb)Square.

This (Eb)heart of (Cm)mine beat (Gm)loud and (Eb7)fast like a (Ab)mer ry go (G7)round in a (Cm)fair,

(Abm6)for (Eb)we were (Bb7)danc ing (Abm6)cheek to cheek and a (Eb)night in gale (Cm)sang in (Fm7)Ber (Bb7)k’ley

(Eb)Square.

When dawn came (Em7)steal ing up all (Am7)gold and blue to (Bm7)in ter (Bbdim7)rupt our (Am7)ren dez (D7)vous,

I still re (Em7)mem ber how you (Am7)smiled and said, “Was (Bm7)that a (Edim)dream or (Fm7)was it (Bb7)true?” Our (Eb)home ward (Cm)step was (Gm)just as (Eb7)light as the (Ab)tap danc ing (G7)feet of As (Cm)taire.