Chord Req: I Remember You

Subject: Chord Request : I Remember You
From: RichM
Date: 26 Feb 02 - 09:52 AM

Id be grateful if anyone could tell me the guitar chords for this song.

It was a hit in 1962 for the Aussie singer, Frank Ifield; written by Johnny Mercer,I believe.

Rich McCarthy

Subject: RE: Chord Request : I Remember You
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 26 Feb 02 - 10:17 AM

Rich, if you feel up to it you might want to work your way through This scholarly dissertation on the "I Remember You" chords

Remember it was done as a slow song long before Frank Ifield aussified it up ....

Murray

Subject: RE: Chord Request : I Remember You
From: Kenny B (inactive)
Date: 26 Feb 02 - 06:51 PM

The infamous outrageous Hector Nicol is quoted as saying that there was a punk version of this song called
" I remember You Ya Bastard" Please forgive the language I learned from a tram conductress after dropping? a large brass musical instrument onto her foot.*BG*
;>) Kenny B

Subject: RE: Chord Request : I Remember You
From: RichM
Date: 26 Feb 02 - 08:16 PM

The lyrics sound interesting, Kenny...Now, what are the chords??

:)

Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: I REMEMBER YOU
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 02:58 AM

As far as I can remember, (and it is over forty years since I heard Frank Ifield sing this ) these are pretty much the chords for this classic Johnny Mercer song.

In some places I have given two chords, where either could be used, mostly a Cmaj7/Em choice. Also, if my memory serves me right, although the song is in the key of C it actually ends in G. Having said that, it probably isn't sung in the key of C at all, but transposition should be quite simple.

I Remember You

(Johnny Mercer & Victor Shertzinger
From the 1942 musical "Dames At Sea")

(C) I remember (Em/Cmaj7)you
(C) You're the one that (C7) made my dreams come (F)true
A (Fm) few kisses a(C)go.
(C) I remember (Em/Cmaj7)you
(C) You're the one that (C7) said I love you (F)too
Yes I (Fm) do. Didn't you (C) know?

(F) I remember (E) too a distant (A) bell
And (E) stars that (A) fell
Like the (D7) rain out of the (G) blue.
(C) When my life is (Em/Cmaj7)through
(C) And the angels (Em/C7) ask me to re(F)call (Fm)
The thrill of them (C)all
Then I will tell them I re(Am)mem(Bflat)ber
(Aflat) Tell them (Eflat)I re(Cm)mem(Bflat)ber
(F)Tell them I re(Bflat)member (G) you

Murray

Subject: RE: Chord Request : I Remember You
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 03:00 AM

Could a kindly joe-clone delete the first submission and this message my formatting was skew whiff .....

Thanks

Murray

Subject: RE: Chord Request : I Remember You
From: RichM
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 03:37 AM

Thanks, Murray. That's just what I need. Now all I have to do is teach it to the guitar player :)

Rich McCarthy

Subject: RE: Chord Request : I Remember You
From: GUEST,T-boy
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 07:55 AM

Sorry, Murray, gotta disagree with your second chord. Should be B7 (try it!).

Subject: RE: Chord Request : I Remember You
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 08:19 AM

Yes, Guest T-Boy is perfectly correct, it should indeed be a B7 instead of the Em/Cmaj7 I suggested as the second chord.

Sorry, what can I say, it was late at night, my lady was asleep and I was doing it all in my head without the aid of the guitar ....

Murray

Subject: RE: Chord Request : I Remember You
From: DonMeixner
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 08:46 AM

Rich,

Funny, I thought that Slim Whitman had the definative recording of this song. Who is this Frank dude?

Don

Subject: RE: Chord Request : I Remember You
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 09:10 AM

Frank Ifield was an Australian singer who had a string of chart thits in Britain in the early Sixties.

Apart from his devastating good looks, his trademark was a very accomplished yodel, which he incorporated into all his hits, as I recall. He also had a big hit with Hank Williams "Lovesick Blues". I suspect that Hank Williams was a major early influence on the yodelling Aussie.

Murray

Subject: RE: Chord Request : I Remember You
From: RichM
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 10:20 AM

I'd forgotten about Slim Richey's version. Incredible voice.
My interest in this song was revived on Friday evening at a house concert featuring Terry Tufts, a folksinger and monster fingerpicker from Ottawa (Canada). Terry does a worthy version too.

Rich

Subject: RE: Chord Request : I Remember You
From: VoxFox
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 11:35 AM

Has anyone heard Diana Kralls version? Whoooeee, I like that girl's voice. It is on her latest CD "The Look Of Love". I must confess I keep hearing Frank Ifield's version though in my head and want to sing it that way but I like her style. VF

Subject: RE: Chord Request : I Remember You
From: C-flat
Date: 27 Feb 02 - 01:05 PM

Am I missing something? Two postings today linked to yodelling? I remember supporting Frank way back in the seventies at a working men's club in the North of England and he was on his way out then! Impressive yodel, but I couldn't help feeling "what's all that about?" Poor Frank must have getting on a bit even then........."I remember...Er...What's that line again?" Maybe Robbie Williams is going to release a new Yodel-meets-Swing type C.D. I'm placing my advance order now!

Subject: RE: Chord Req: I Remember You
From: Brakn
Date: 19 May 10 - 05:07 AM

I have the sheet music somewhere. I'm sure it was in the musical "The Fleet's In".