Moon River Chords

Moon 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
C  Bm Am7 Em
 
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“Nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering. Nothing. Not career, not wealth, 
not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we're going to survive with 
dignity.”
~Audrey Hepburn
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