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BEGIN THE BEGU<\/span>INE<\/span> \u2013 Cole Porter, 1935<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tuning:<\/span>E A D G B E<\/span><\/div>\n
Key:<\/span>B<\/span><\/div>\n
Capo:<\/span>2nd fret<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n[Intro] – – – <\/span>[C] [C7]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
 \r\n[Verse]- - - \r\n[C] When they begin the [C7] beguine\r\nIt [C] brings back the sound of music so [G7] tender\r\nIt brings back a night of tropical [F] splendor [Dm] \r\nIt [G] brings back a [G7] memory ever-[C]-green\r\n \r\n[Verse] - same chords as previous verse<\/span>\r\nI'm with you once more under the stars\r\nAnd down by the shore an orchestra's playing\r\nAnd even the palms seem to be swaying\r\nWhen they begin the beguine\r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\nTo [Cm] live it [F] again is past all en-[A#]-deavor\r\n[A#m] Except when that tune [D#] clutches my [G#] heart\r\nAnd [D#dim] there we are swearing to love [G] forever [G#]\r\nAnd promising [G] never, [Fm] never to [G] part [G7] \r\n \r\n[Verse] - same chords as first verse<\/span>\r\nWhat moments divine, what rapture serene\r\nTill clouds came along to disperse the joys we had tasted\r\nAnd now when I hear people curse the chance that was wasted\r\nI know but too well what they mean\r\n \r\n[Verse] \r\nSo don't [C] let them begin [C6] the [Cmaj7] beguine\r\nLet the [C] love that was once a fire remain an [G7] ember\r\nLet it [F] sleep like a dead [Fm] desire I only [Em] remember [A] \r\n[Dm] When they [G7] begin the be-[C]-guine\r\n \r\n[Verse] - same chords as previous verse<\/span>\r\nOh yes, let them begin the beguine, make them play\r\nTill the stars that were there before return above you\r\nTill you whisper to me once more, \"Darling, I love you\"\r\nAnd we [Dm] suddenly know what [Fm] heaven we're in\r\n[G7] When they begin the [C] beguine\r\n[Dm] When they begin,  [Fm]      [G7]  the [C] beguine\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEGIN THE BEGUINE \u2013 Cole Porter, 1935 Tuning:E A D G B E Key:B Capo:2nd fret [Intro] – – – [C] [C7] [Verse]- – – [C] When they begin the [C7] beguine It [C] brings back the sound of music so [G7] tender It brings back a night of tropical … CLICK TO VIEW SONGBegin the Beguine<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14164"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31409,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14164\/revisions\/31409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}