By a Waterfall | Sheet Music

Jazz Lead Sheet — View, Transpose, Play Back

Engraved by Verovio 6.1.0-682d606 Medium Swing   = 120 Cm Verse E G7 G7 5 Cm F7 A G7 9 Cm E G7 G7 13 B Em7 5 A Dm7 5 17 G G 7 F Faug 21 B 7 Theme B 7 C7 C7 25 F7 F7 B 7 B 7 29 B B 7 E D E 32 C7 C7 F7 F7   By a Waterfall   1933 - Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal

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About this By a Waterfall lead sheet

This is the jazz lead sheet for By a Waterfall, written by Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal in 1933 — the melody with chord symbols above it, the way it appears in a Real Book. The chart is notated in Bb major and in 4/4 time. Read it here for free, transpose it to any key — B♭, E♭ or bass clef included — and play it back to hear the form before you play it yourself.

Composer
Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal
Year
1933
Key
Bb major
Time signature
4/4
Style
Medium Swing
Tempo
120 BPM
Genre
Jazz, Great American Songbook
Format
Lead sheet — melody and chord symbols
By a Waterfall lead sheet in Bb major — melody and chords, first page
By a Waterfall lead sheet, first page

By a Waterfall chord changes

The chord progression of By a Waterfall as written in this lead sheet, in Bb major — 52 bars, four to a line. Transpose the chart above to see the changes in any key.

| Cm | E♭ | G7 | G7 |
| Cm | F7 | A♭ | G7 |
| Cm | E♭ | G7 | G7 |
| B♭ | Em7♭5 | A♭ | Dm7♭5 |
| G♭ | G♭7 | F | F+ |
| B♭maj7 | B♭maj7 | C7 | C7 |
| F7 | F7 | B♭maj7 | B♭maj7 |
| B♭ | B♭7 | E♭ D | E♭ |
| C7 | C7 | F7 | F7 |
| B♭ | B♭ | C7 | C7 |
| F7 | F7 | Dm | G7 |
| E♭maj7 | E♭m7 | B♭ | G7 |
| C7 | F7 | B♭ Gm | C F7 |
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