Misc Musicals – South Pacific - This Nearly Was Mine (Guitar)

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From South Pacific (1949) Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Music by Richard Rodgers [Verse 1]
C   Dm          C       G   Gdim       F           Fm
One dream in my heart,  One love to be living for,

C   Am6        F          Fm    C    Dm         C
One love to be living for__     This nearly was mine.

C   Dm7         Cdim       C   G   Gdim       F        Fm
One girl for my dream______,   One partner in paradise,

C    Am6        F          Fm  C    Dm         C
This promise of paradise____   This nearly was mine.
[Bridge]
F           C7        F
Close to my heart she came

C       G     C
Only to fly a-way,

F       C7     F   D7         G          Dm7  G7
Only to fly as day flies from moon-light
[Verse 2]
C    Dm        C       G     Gdim        F        Fm
Now, now I'm a-lone,   Still dreaming of paradise,

C     Am6         Fmaj7     Am6   C    Dm         C
Still saying that par-a-dise      Once nearly was mine.
[Verse 3] (key change) B7
   Em                    Bmaj7
So clear and deep are my fancies

B7 Em                 B7/E    B7
Of things I wish were true.

     Em               Am6      B7
I'll keep rememb'ring evenings

  E        Baug       E
I wish I'd spent with you.

     Em               Bb7
I'll keep rememb'ring kisses

Bb7  Eb              D7
From lips I'll never own,

    G                 Cm6
And all the lovely ad-ven-tures

     G       Cdim  G
That we have never known.
[Reprise] (back to original key)
C   Dm          C       G   Gdim       F           Fm
One dream in my heart,  One love to be living for,

C   Am6        F          Fm    C    Dm         C
One love to be living for__     This nearly was mine.

C   Dm7         Cdim    C      G   Gdim       F        Fm
One girl for my dream______,   One partner in paradise,

C    Am6        F        Fm    C    Dm7         C
This promise of paradise____   This nearly was mine.