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G
Let's start at the very beginning
G
A very good place to start
F C
When you read you begin with A-B-C
F C
When you sing you begin with do-re-mi
C
Do-re-mi, do-re-mi
G F C
The first three notes just happen to be
C
Do-re-mi, do-re-mi
C (F) (C) G
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti
Let's see if I can make it easy
C
Doe, a deer, a female deer
G
Ray, a drop of golden sun
C
Me, a name I call myself
F
Far, a long, long way to run
C F
Sew, a needle pulling thread
D G
La, a note to follow Sew
E Am
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
F G C
That will bring us back to Do (oh-oh-oh)
Repeat verse twice
C F C G C
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do-so-do!
Once you have these notes in your heads,
you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up.
C F C G
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
C F C G C
So Do La Ti Do Re Do
While repeating C F C G:
But it doesn't mean anything.
So we put in words. One word for every note. Like this.
C F C G
When you know the notes to sing
C F C G C
You can sing most anything
repeat above verse twice
C
Doe, a deer, a female deer
G
Ray, a drop of golden sun
C
Me, a name I call myself
F
Far, a long, long way to run
C F
Sew, a needle pulling thread
D G
La, a note to follow Sew
E Am
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
F G C
That will bring us back to Do
C G C F C F G C
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
C G F C F C G
Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re
C
Do Mi Mi
C
Mi So So
G
Re Fa Fa
G
La Ti Ti
C F C G
When you know the notes to sing
C F C G C
You can sing most anything!
In this verse, a G is actually played instead of an F,
but I think it sounds better this way
C
Doe, a deer, a female deer
G
Ray, a drop of golden sun
C
Me, a name I call myself
F
Far, a long, long way to run
C F
Sew, a needle pulling thread
D G
La, a note to follow Sew
E Am
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
F G
That will bring us back to
C
(Do) So Do
F
(Re) La Fa
C
(Mi) Mi Do
G
(Fa) Re
C
(So) So Do
F
(La) La Fa
G G7
(Ti) Do So So Fa
C
(Ti) So Do
C F C G C
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do-so-do!
Written by Oscar Hammerstein II/Richard Rodgers