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The Nearness Of You

Biography:

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz vocalist with a vocal range spanning three octaves (D?3 to D?6). Often referred to as the "First Lady of Song" and the "Queen of Jazz" or just simply "Lady Ella", she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.
Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook.

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The Nearness of You
Words & Music by Ned Washington & Hoagy Carmichael
Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Also recorded by Glenn Miller, 1940 (#5)

E7 A E7 G/B Em7
It's not the pale moon that excites me,
A+ D Fdim Dm A F#7 Bm7-5 E7
That thrills and delights me, oh, no —

Bm7-5 E7 A F#7 Bm7-5 E7
It's just the near - ness of you.
E7 A E7 G/B Em7
It isn't your sweet conversation
A+ D Fdim Dm A F#7 Bm7-5 E7
That brings this sensation, oh, no
Bm7-5 E7 A D9 A
It's just the near - ness of you.

[Bridge]
Fdim
When you're in my arms,
A A7
And I feel you so close to me,
D F#7 Bm7 G7 E7
All my wildest dreams come true.

[Verse]
E7 A E7 G/B Em7
I need no soft lights to enchant me,
A+ D Fdim Dm A F#7 Bm7-5 E7
If you'll only grant me the right
Bm7-5 F# Bm
To hold you ever so tight,
Bm7-5 E7 E7/6
And to feel in the night
E7 Bm7-5 E7 A D Dm A
The near - ness of you.