Nature Boy | Bass clef Sheet Music
Jazz Lead Sheet in Bass Clef — trombone, bass, cello
Lyrics
1948 - Eden Ahbez There was a boy A very strange, enchanted boy They say he wandered very far Very far, over land and sea A little shy and sad of eye But very wise was he And then one day A magic day he passed my way And while we spoke of many things Fools and kings This he said to me: "The greatest thing you'll ever learn Is just to love and be loved in return"
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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 Nature Boy lead sheet
This is the jazz lead sheet for Nature Boy, written by Eden Ahbez in 1948, in bass clef for trombone, bass, cello — the same melody and chord symbols as the concert chart, on the staff you read. The chart is in A minor, in 4/4 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
- Eden Ahbez
- Year
- 1948
- Key
- A minor
- Edition
- Bass clef — trombone, bass, cello
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Style
- Ballad
- Tempo
- 72 BPM
- Genre
- Jazz, Great American Songbook
- Format
- Lead sheet — melody and chord symbols
Nature Boy chord changes
The chord progression of Nature Boy as written in this lead sheet, in A minor — 20 bars, four to a line. Chord symbols are the same in bass clef; only the staff changes.
| Am | Bm7♭5 E7 | Am | Bm7♭5 E7 | | Am C+/A | Am7 Am6 | Dm6 Am | Bm7♭5 | | E7 | % | Am | F♯m7♭5 | | B7♭9 | % | E7 | % | | B7♭9 | E7♯5 | Am | % |
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