Moon River | B♭ Sheet Music
Jazz Lead Sheet Transposed for B♭ — trumpet, tenor sax, clarinet
Lyrics
1961 - Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer Moon river, wider than a mile I'm crossing you in style someday Oh, dream maker You heartbreaker Wherever you're going I'm going your way Two drifters off to see the world There's such a lot of world to see We're after the same rainbow's end Waiting round the bend My huckleberry friend Moon river and me
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Read it in your key: Concert (C) (piano, guitar, voice) B♭ (trumpet, tenor sax, clarinet) E♭ (alto sax, baritone sax) Bass clef (trombone, bass, cello)
About this Moon River lead sheet
This is the jazz lead sheet for Moon River, written by Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer in 1961, transposed for B♭ instruments — trumpet, tenor sax, clarinet. The melody and the chord symbols are written a major second above concert pitch, so what you read matches what the rhythm section plays. The chart is written in D major (concert C major), in 3/4 time. Read it here for free and play it back — the band keeps sounding in concert pitch while you read your part. Need another key? Switch the Transpose preset above.
- Composer
- Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer
- Year
- 1961
- Key
- D major (written) · C major (concert)
- Edition
- B♭ transposed — trumpet, tenor sax, clarinet
- Time signature
- 3/4
- Style
- Waltz
- Tempo
- 90 BPM
- Genre
- Jazz, Film music
- Format
- Lead sheet — melody and chord symbols
Moon River chord changes
The chord progression of Moon River transposed for B♭ instruments (trumpet, tenor sax, clarinet), written in D major — concert C major — 38 bars, four to a line. These are the changes as a trumpet player reads them; the rhythm section sees the concert chart.
| D | Bm | Gmaj7 | D | | Gmaj7 | D | C♯m7♭5 | F♯7 | | Bm | D7/A | G | Gm | | Bm7 | G♯m7♭5 C♯7 | F♯m7 B7 | Em7/A | | D | Bm | Gmaj7 | D | | Gmaj7 | D | Em7 | F♯7 | | Bm | Bm7 | G♯m7♭5 | G | | D | G | D | G | | D | Bm | Em | A7 | | D | % |
