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Moon River by Henry Mancini

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Moon River is a song composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer in 1961. It received an 
Academy Award for Best Original Song. Mancini won the 1962 Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Mercer the 
Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Mercer and Mancini wrote the song for Audrey Hepburn to fit her vocal range. 
The song is the soundtrack of the legendary movie ?Breakfast at Tiffany's?. The song reached in late 1961 the 
number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Moon River 
C/G             G
Wider than a mile 
C/G                     G
I?m crossing you in style
Am*     B7
Someday 
Em          G7* 
Old dream maker
C/G        Adim   
You heart Breaker   
Em    Em7         Gdim7
Wherever you?re going 
Bm7   E7    Am7    D7  
I?m going your way


G       Em
Two drifters 
C/G             G
Off to see the world 
C/G                    G
There's such a lot of world 
Am*    B7
To see    
Em       Em7     
We?re after
C#m7b5
The same
C/G        G
Rainbow?s end
C/G                G
Waiting round the bend 
C/G                 G
My Huckleberry friend
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Moon River         
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And me   

Arranged by Michael YISRAEL