Biography:
Cecil Gant (April 4, 1913 - February 4, 1951) was an American blues singer and pianist.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Gant worked local clubs through the mid 1930s up until the Second World War, when he enlisted in the United States Army. Though his piano was blues-based, vocally he was a crooner of considerable cross-over appeal. He sang at a War Bond rally in Los Angeles, California, signed with the Gilt Edge record label, and recorded the self-penned ballad "I Wonder" late in 1944, billed as "Pvt. Cecil Gant."
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CECIL GANT - I WONDER
Cecil Gant was a american blues and jazz singer and pianist who landed
several hits in the 1940s. His song "I wonder" reached number one in the
Billboard Harlem Hit Parade and sold impressively nationwide.
Artist-Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Gant
I wrote down the chord structure by ear and Cecil sometimes changes bits of
it as I think. But nevertheless I think it is quite correct. It is an
8-Bar-Blues-Sequence which is repeated all the way through:
| EbMaj7 | Eb7 | Ab | Abm |
| EbMaj7 | Fm7 Bb6 | Eb Cm7 | Fm7 Bb6 |
| I | I7 | IV | IVm |
| I | IIm7 V6 | I VIm7 | IIm7 V6 |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb Eb7
I wonder, My little darling
Ab Abm
where can you be, again tonight?
Eb Fm7 Bb
While the moon is shining bright,
Eb Cm7 Fm7 Bb6
I wonder
Eb Eb7
My heart is aching
Ab Abm
Why for you, can our love be mistaken?
Eb Fm7 Bb
Darling, don't you say that this must mean our ending
Eb Cm7 Fm7 Bb6
I wonder
Eb Eb7
Baby, I've been through, I've been through lovers lane
Ab Abm
I've been making life, just the same
Eb Fm7 Bb6
I've been traveling, for miles around
Eb Cm7
Trying to find the one I love
Fm7 Bb6
Come on
Eb Eb7
I wonder, well, well, well, little baby
Ab Abm
Will you think of me, every day?
Eb Fm7
Though I may be a million miles away
Eb Cm7 Fm7 Bb6
I wonder
Instrumental:
| EbMaj7 | Eb7 | Ab | Abm |
| EbMaj7 | Fm7 Bb6 | Eb Cm7 | Fm7 Bb6 |
Eb Eb7
I wonder, well, well, well, little baby
Ab Abm
Will you think of me every day?
Eb Fm7 Bb6
Though I may be a million miles away
Eb Bb6 Eb
I wonder
This version of the song was tabbed by natkingcole.
Cecil Gant was a american blues and jazz singer and pianist who landed
several hits in the 1940s. His song "I wonder" reached number one in the
Billboard Harlem Hit Parade and sold impressively nationwide.
Artist-Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Gant
I wrote down the chord structure by ear and Cecil sometimes changes bits of
it as I think. But nevertheless I think it is quite correct. It is an
8-Bar-Blues-Sequence which is repeated all the way through:
| EbMaj7 | Eb7 | Ab | Abm |
| EbMaj7 | Fm7 Bb6 | Eb Cm7 | Fm7 Bb6 |
| I | I7 | IV | IVm |
| I | IIm7 V6 | I VIm7 | IIm7 V6 |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb Eb7
I wonder, My little darling
Ab Abm
where can you be, again tonight?
Eb Fm7 Bb
While the moon is shining bright,
Eb Cm7 Fm7 Bb6
I wonder
Eb Eb7
My heart is aching
Ab Abm
Why for you, can our love be mistaken?
Eb Fm7 Bb
Darling, don't you say that this must mean our ending
Eb Cm7 Fm7 Bb6
I wonder
Eb Eb7
Baby, I've been through, I've been through lovers lane
Ab Abm
I've been making life, just the same
Eb Fm7 Bb6
I've been traveling, for miles around
Eb Cm7
Trying to find the one I love
Fm7 Bb6
Come on
Eb Eb7
I wonder, well, well, well, little baby
Ab Abm
Will you think of me, every day?
Eb Fm7
Though I may be a million miles away
Eb Cm7 Fm7 Bb6
I wonder
Instrumental:
| EbMaj7 | Eb7 | Ab | Abm |
| EbMaj7 | Fm7 Bb6 | Eb Cm7 | Fm7 Bb6 |
Eb Eb7
I wonder, well, well, well, little baby
Ab Abm
Will you think of me every day?
Eb Fm7 Bb6
Though I may be a million miles away
Eb Bb6 Eb
I wonder
This version of the song was tabbed by natkingcole.
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