Remove AdsMoon River
by Henry Mancini (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
(from the film, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”)
Capo II or as desired; this is written to be easy to play on the guitar. I read somewhere
that Miss Hepburn sang it in F, but I don't know if that is correct. Not in the original key,
which is much higher.
The vertical lines indicate bars.
3/4 time
[Verse 1]
|G |Em |C |G | Moon River, wider than a mile, I'm
|C |G |Am/F# |B7 | crossing you in style some day. Old
|Em |G7 |C |F9-5 |
dream-maker, you heartbreaker, Wher-
|Em Em7 |Em7/C# F#7 | ever you're goin’, I’m
|Bm7 E7 |Am7 D9 | goin’ your way.
[Verse 2]
|G |Em |C |G | Two drifters, off to see the world; there's
|C |G |Am/F# |B7 | such a lot of world to see. We're
|Em |Em/D |Em/C# |C |Bm7 | af - ter the same rainbow's end,
|C |G | waiting ’round the bend —
|C |G | my huckleberry friend,
|Em |Am |D7 |G | (or play Em instead of G)
Moon River, and me.
[Alternate endings]
(Starting with replacing the final G chord):
C Bm Am7 G
Or: C Bm Am7 Em
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