Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams

Subject: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: vindelis
Date: 26 Aug 02 - 01:00 PM

Joe Brown sings a lovely version of this song, accompanied on ukelele. He has released the song as a single so I should be able to get the words from there, but does anyone know the chords? From the surfing I have done, all I can acertain, is that it came from a 1951 film starring Doris Day. Many thanks Vindelis.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: MMario
Date: 26 Aug 02 - 01:16 PM

tab

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy
Date: 26 Aug 02 - 01:22 PM

the definitive version is by Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) from the 1920s

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy
Date: 26 Aug 02 - 01:22 PM

and it's in one of his songbooks with ukulele chords if that's what you're after

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy
Date: 26 Aug 02 - 01:23 PM

or I've also got the original sheet music somewhere

Subject: Lyr Add: I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (Jones, Kahn)
From: masato sakurai
Date: 26 Aug 02 - 01:23 PM

I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS
Music by Isham Jones; words by Gus Kahn
Published 1924

VERSE 1
Tho' the days are long,
Twilight sings a song
Of the happiness that used to be.
Soon my eyes will close,
And in dreams you're always near to me.

REFRAIN
I'll see you in my dreams,
Hold you in my dreams,
Someone took you out of my arms,
Still I feel the thrill of your charms.
Lips that once were mine,
Tender eyes that shine,
They will light my way tonight,
I'll see you in my dreams.

VERSE 2
In the dreary gray
Of another day,
You'll be far away and I'll be blue.
Still I hope and pray,
Through each weary day,
For it brings the night and dreams of you.

REPEAT REFRAIN

From: Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball, Reading Lyrics (Pantheon, 2000, p. 58)

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: vindelis
Date: 26 Aug 02 - 06:15 PM

Thank you one and all. I know that I now have the chords for the refrain. (Thanks to Mmario's guitar tab).
I do not know the melody for the verses, although I do know that it is not the same as the refrain. Therefore I'm not sure if I have the chords for the verse. I do appologise for this some what garbled response, and thank you one and all.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From:
Date: 26 Aug 02 - 08:39 PM

There seem to be only a few movies wiht Doris Day in it, during 1951! Some years she did as many as 5.

Lullaby of Broadway (1951 - Warner Bros) Co-star: Gene Nelson
On Moonlight Bay (1951 - Warner Bros) Co-star: Gordon McRae
Starlift (1951 - Warner Bros)
 
I see the song is on a Doris Day CD from Sony, A Day at the Movies

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: GutBucketeer
Date: 27 Aug 02 - 01:03 AM

The sond is in Ukulele Ike(Cliff Edwards): Collection for the Ukulele (Miller Music Co. 1949). I think this was the first of 3 or 4 in a series. Its the only one I have.

It was republished in Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Gems Compiled by Jim Beloff and available at most music stores for $12.95. It can be ordered directly from his website http://fleamarketmusic.com/. All of his books are great, especially if you are learning the Uke!

Gutbucketeer

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: masato sakurai
Date: 27 Aug 02 - 03:11 AM

Doris Day's "I'll See You in My Dreams" (sound clip).

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: open mike
Date: 27 Aug 02 - 04:29 AM

off topic: i first thought this was a request for Irene goodnight irene...where the verse says i'll see you in my dreams..or as Leadbelly said it originally: I'll GET you in my dreams.....but i see it is a different song....

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: GUEST,Ukeman in Boulder
Date: 08 May 04 - 02:17 PM

It only took me two years but I stumbled on the DVD of "The Concert for George" which took place at the Royal Albert Hall in memory of George Harrison. Great set of DVDs and well worth the price...The bonus for us is that Joe Brown plays "I'll See You In MY Dreams" complete with a superb intro (forgot what they call it). Before that, Sir Paul begins "Somewhere" on the uke before they all launch into the main song with the whole stage group.
   I still haven't been able to figure out the chords for the intro but I think they're fairly close to the main chords for the tune....Could someone PLEASE email the chords for the tune?
    PS...I play the electric version of the Gibson Tenor Uke that Sir Paul plays...a very cool instrument indeed.
    Cheers, Ukeman

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: Ed.
Date: 08 May 04 - 02:27 PM

Try here, Ukeman.

I can't email them to you, as you didn't give an address. You might enjoy reading the thread about "The Concert for George"

It's 'Something' not 'Somewhere' btw

Ed

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: GUEST,Ukeman in Boulder
Date: 08 May 04 - 02:46 PM

Thanks, Ed...my addy: [e-mail]   ----Of course it's "Something"....brainfart.....thanks for the thread...I'll check it out. Ukeman

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: Boulderfolkie
Date: 09 May 04 - 12:50 PM

Afternoon...Happy Day to All you Mothers out there! Just printed out the entire TAB, Lyrics, music, Chord diagrams to "I'll See You In My Dreams" as it was performed by Joe Brown at the George Concert. The site is    www.rockslide.org/Ukelele_Tab.html   Dominic has done a Herculean job to make this available. Many thanks! Now to go practice.......

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: Chris in Wheaton
Date: 10 May 04 - 11:00 AM

True story -
My mother was at the Edgewater Beach Hotel (Chicago) in the 1920's - the regular band was Isham Jones. At a break, she and her friends went up to talk to Isham - he was at the piano and said he had just written a song, and wondered what they thought - he played "I'll see you in my dreams." They said it sounded great!
Chris in Wheaton

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: Mark Clark
Date: 10 May 04 - 11:31 AM

I don't know how I missed this thread when it was new. Better late than never I guess. I sure want to thank MMario for the tab link. The tab was posted on the site because I'll See You In My Dreams was one of Merle Travis' signature instrumentals and Mike (the site owner) is a big fan of Merle's playing. When I saw the tab I realized it was an arrangement of Merle's rendition. That inspired me to browse around the site and discovered a whole page of Travis/Atkins/thumbpicking transcriptions. This is an incredible resource for any thumbpicker or fingerstyle guitarist. It sure made my day.

A belated thanks, MMario.

      - Mark

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: Mark Clark
Date: 10 May 04 - 05:16 PM

Ukeman, You have a spelling error in your URL. Here is an active link to Dominator's Ukulele Tab Page.

      - Mark

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: Ed.
Date: 10 May 04 - 05:41 PM

Mark Clark,

No doubt you mean well, but you are talking about a different piece of music

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: Mark Clark
Date: 10 May 04 - 08:36 PM

I understand it isn't the Joe Brown song that is the subject of this thread. I'm talking about the tab MMario linked on 26 Aug 02 - 01:16 PM. That one is the Merle Travis instrumental.

      - Mark

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: something
From: GUEST
Date: 30 May 04 - 05:43 PM

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: GUEST,CMW
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 01:06 PM

Check out Dan Hicks' fantastic version of this song on his new CD "Selected Shorts" which can be found at AMAZON.com

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: GUEST,CMW
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 01:08 PM

...and ther's this    http://www.theguitarguy.com/illseeyo.htm

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: GUEST,Murray MacLeod
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 01:52 PM

10 May 04 - 05:41 PM.


..." Mark Clark,

No doubt you mean well, but you are talking about a different piece of music " ...


I am puzzled by the above post by Ed.

The Merle Travis tune and the song that Joe Brown sings are one and the same.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: I'll See You In My Dreams
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 02:41 PM

I suppose by "different piece of music" Ed meant "different arrangement".

An unusual meaning to give the expression, but I suppose it could be argued that it is justifiable. Very confusing though.