Sound of music
G ~ C
B7
1. The hills are alive
with the sound of music,
C Am Dm
- G
with songs they have sung for
a thousand years.
C
B7
The hills fill my heart with
the sound of music,
C F G - G7
C
my heart wants to sing every
song it hears.
C F G C Am
My heart wants to beat like the wings of a bird that rise
F G
C
from the lake to the trees.
F G
C
Am
My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies
D7 G
- G7
from a church on a breeze.
F G C Am F G
C
To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over stones on its way,
Am D D7 G - G7
to sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray.
C B7
2. I go to the hills when my heart is lonely,
C Am Dm
- G
I know I will hear what I
heard before.
C
F
My heart will be blessed with
the sound of music,
G C
and I'll sing once more. (original changes key here)
+ CHORUS
(lines 1 - 4 as instrumental)
+ repeat verse 2
+ F - C
(orig. = capo 3rd; midi = capo 5th) (Julie
Andrews)