By a Waterfall | Sheet Music
Jazz Lead Sheet — View, Transpose, Play Back
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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 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 |
