Biografia:
Pianista, compositor e arranjador, Strayhorn foi o maior parceiro musical de Duke Ellington. Conheceram-se em 1939, quando a banda de Duke estava de passagem por Pittsburgh. Strayhorn tinha então 23 anos e impressionou tanto o maestro que este pediu que fosse vê-lo em Nova Yorque. Duke deu as instruções de como chegar à sua casa no Harlem. Billy Strayhorn deveria tomar o trem A (A train). Baseado nas instruções, Strayhorn compôs o tema que dois anos mais tarde seria um hit da banda de Duke Ellington
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Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
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I used to visit all the very gay places, Those come what may places
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Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
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To get the feel of life from jazz and cocktails
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The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces
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with distingue traces
E7 A D9 A Cdim Am7
That used to be there you could see where they'd been washed away
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By too many through the day twelve o' clock tales
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Then you came along with your siren song to tempt me to madness
A7 Dm A7 Dm Dm Gm A
I thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged with the sadness
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Of a great love for me
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I guess, I was wrong, again I was wrong
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Life is lonely again
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And only last year everything seemed so sure
C Bb Fm Bb
Now life is awful again
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A trough full of hearts could only be a bore
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A week in Paris could ease the bite of it
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All I care is to smile in spite of it
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I'll forget you I will, while yet you are still
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Burning inside my brain
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Romance is mush, stifling those who strive
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I'll live a lush life in some small dive
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And there I'll be, while I rot with the rest
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of those whose lives are lonely, too
I used to visit all the very gay places, Those come what may places
E7 A D9 A Cdim Am7
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
Fdim Am7 Fdim Am7
To get the feel of life from jazz and cocktails
E7 A E7 Fdim A
The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces
E7 Fdim A
with distingue traces
E7 A D9 A Cdim Am7
That used to be there you could see where they'd been washed away
Fdim Am7 Fdim Am7
By too many through the day twelve o' clock tales
A7 Dm A7 Dm Dm Gm Dm
Then you came along with your siren song to tempt me to madness
A7 Dm A7 Dm Dm Gm A
I thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged with the sadness
Gdim Fdim
Of a great love for me
Fdim Gdim Fdim E Dm6 F
I guess, I was wrong, again I was wrong
Bb Fm Bb
Life is lonely again
F Bb6 F Bb A C#
And only last year everything seemed so sure
C Bb Fm Bb
Now life is awful again
F Bb6 F Bb A C#
A trough full of hearts could only be a bore
F B F B Bb
A week in Paris could ease the bite of it
Bb Bbm9 Bb Cdim Bbm9
All I care is to smile in spite of it
Bb Bbm9 Bb F7 Bb6
I'll forget you I will, while yet you are still
F Bb A C#
Burning inside my brain
F Fdim Fdim Bb F7/6
Romance is mush, stifling those who strive
Bb9 Cdim Bb Gm7 Gdim
I'll live a lush life in some small dive
Bb Bbm Cdim Bb F7/6
And there I'll be, while I rot with the rest
F7 Eb E7 F7 F#7 F7 Gdim Bb
of those whose lives are lonely, too
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