Do-Re-Mi

Music & Words:

Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein III

 

      C           G7      C                     G7       C

Let's start at the very beginning.  A very good place to start.

         G7                  C G7 C

When you read you begin with A-B-C.

         G7                  C  G7 C

When you sing you begin with do-re-mi.

C  G7 C

Do-re-mi.

Do-re-mi.

The first three notes just happen to be

Do-re-mi.

Do-re-mi.

[n.c.]

Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti...

[spoken]

Oh, let's see if I can make it easier...

 

C

Do - a deer, a female deer.

G7

Re - a drop of golden sun.

C

Mi - a name I call myself.

G7

Fa - a long long way to run.

C                      F

Sol - a needle pulling thread.

D7                    G

La - a note to follow sol.

Em                        Am

Ti - a drink with jam and bread.

          F        G       C

That will bring us back to do...oh, oh, oh!

 

F                    C   G7 C

Do re mi fa so la ti do, so do!

 




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