Nature Boy | E♭ Sheet Music
Jazz Lead Sheet Transposed for E♭ — alto sax, baritone sax
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, transposed for E♭ instruments — alto sax, baritone sax. The melody and the chord symbols are written a major sixth above concert pitch, so what you read matches what the rhythm section plays. The chart is written in F♯ minor (concert 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
- F♯ minor (written) · A minor (concert)
- Edition
- E♭ transposed — alto sax, baritone sax
- 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 transposed for E♭ instruments (alto sax, baritone sax), written in F♯ minor — concert A minor — 20 bars, four to a line. These are the changes as a alto sax player reads them; the rhythm section sees the concert chart.
| F♯m | G♯m7♭5 C♯7 | F♯m | G♯m7♭5 C♯7 | | F♯m A+/F♯ | F♯m7 F♯m6 | Bm6 F♯m | G♯m7♭5 | | C♯7 | % | F♯m | D♯m7♭5 | | G♯7♭9 | % | C♯7 | % | | G♯7♭9 | C♯7♯5 | F♯m | % |
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