Biography:
Nat "King" Cole (March 17th 1919–February 15th 1965) was a popular American singer and jazz musician.
As a piano player, he formed a jazz trio in 1938 that played Los Angeles nightclubs, one of the first jazz trios featuring guitar and piano. Prior to this he had played music since he was a child and had worked with bands since he was sixteen. He was raised in Chicago and exposed to the abundant jazz scene there. He was heavily influenced by pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines.
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Words & Music by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
Recorded by Nat "King" Cole, 1950 (#1) (Academy award winner, 1950)
(G7+) C F C
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa men have named you;
C/B Am7 Am7/G Dm7 G7
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile.
Dm Dm7 G7sus4 G7
Is it only 'cause you're lonely men have blamed you
G G/A G/B G C
For the Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile?
C6 C C6 C F C
Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Li-sa,
C7 F
Or is this the way you hide a broken heart?
Fm C
Many dreams have been left upon your doorstep;
G7 G7+ C
They just lie there, and they die there.
C7 F Fm C
Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa,
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C
Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art.
Fm G7 Fm C
Mona Lisa, Mona Li-sa.
C6 C C6 C F C
Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Li-sa,
C7 F
Or is this the way you hide a broken heart?
Fm C
Many dreams have been left upon your doorstep;
G7 G7+ C
They just lie there, and they die there.
C7 F Fm C
Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa,
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C
Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art.
Fm G7 Fm-C
Mona Lisa, Mona Li-sa.
Recorded by Nat "King" Cole, 1950 (#1) (Academy award winner, 1950)
(G7+) C F C
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa men have named you;
C/B Am7 Am7/G Dm7 G7
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile.
Dm Dm7 G7sus4 G7
Is it only 'cause you're lonely men have blamed you
G G/A G/B G C
For the Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile?
C6 C C6 C F C
Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Li-sa,
C7 F
Or is this the way you hide a broken heart?
Fm C
Many dreams have been left upon your doorstep;
G7 G7+ C
They just lie there, and they die there.
C7 F Fm C
Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa,
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C
Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art.
Fm G7 Fm C
Mona Lisa, Mona Li-sa.
C6 C C6 C F C
Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Li-sa,
C7 F
Or is this the way you hide a broken heart?
Fm C
Many dreams have been left upon your doorstep;
G7 G7+ C
They just lie there, and they die there.
C7 F Fm C
Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa,
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C
Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art.
Fm G7 Fm-C
Mona Lisa, Mona Li-sa.
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