Stardust Chords
by Carmen McRae
Stardust by Carmen McRae is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G9, G, G7M, C9, B7, E, E7/9-, E7, Am, Cm, G/F#, Em, F#, F#7, D, Fdim, D7, Gdim, Am7, Cdim, C, F, F7, Bm5-/7, D7M, G6, A9, A7, C7M, Fm7/9, Bm5-7, B7M and C/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Introdution: Verse
Verse
G9 G G7M G C9
And now the purple dusk of twilight time
B7 E E7/9- E7
Steals across the meadows of my heart.
Am Cm G G/F# Em
High up in the sky the little stars climb,
F# F#7 D Fdim D7
Always reminding me that we're apart.
G9 G G7M G C9
You wandered down the lane and far away,
B7 E E7/9- E7
Leaving me a song that will not die.
Am Cm G G/F# Em
Love is now the stardust of yesterday,
D7 Gdim Am7 Cdim G Cm G
The music of the years gone by.
Melody:
G7M G G9 C Am C F
Sometimes I wonder why I spend the lonely night
F7 G G/F# Em Bm5-/7 E7
Dreaming of a song. The melody haunts my reverie,
Am7 E7 Fdim Am7 Fdim Am
And I am once again with you.
D Fdim D7 D7M G6 D7M G6
When our love was new, and each kiss an inspiration,
A9 G A7 G
But that was long ago, and now my consolation
D7 Am7 C D7 D7M
Is in the stardust of a song.
C7M C Am C F7
Beside a garden wall when stars are bright,
Fm7/9
You are in my arms.
G G/F# Em Bm5-7 E7
The nightingale tells his fairy tale
Am7 E7 Fdim Am7 Fdim Am
Of paradise where roses grew.
D A7 D7 G G/F# Em B7M F#7 B7
Though I dream in vain, in my heart it will remain
C C/B E7 Am7
My stardust melody,
D7 Cdim Cdim G Am7 Cm G6
The memory of love's refrain.