Do-Re-Mi
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Let's start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with A B C
When you sing you begin with Do Re Mi
Do Re Mi, Do Re Mi
The first three notes just happen to be
Do Re Mi, Do Re Mi
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti
Let's see if I can make it easier
(A) Doe, a deer, a female deer
(E7) Ray, a drop of golden sun
(A) Me, a name I call myself
(D) Far, a long, long way to (E7) run
(A) Sew, a needle pulling (D) thread
(B7) La, a note to follow (E7) Sew
(C#) Tea, I drink with jam and (F#m)bread
That will (D) bring us (E7) back to (A) Do, oh oh oh
(A) Doe, a deer, a female deer
(E7) Ray, a drop of golden sun
(A) Me, a name I call myself
(D) Far, a long, long way to run
(A) Sew, a needle pulling (D) thread
(B7) La, a note to follow Sew
(C#) Tea, I drink with jam and (F#m) bread
That will (D) bring us (E7) back to
(A) Doe, a deer, a female deer
(E7) Ray, a drop of golden sun
(A) Me, a name I call myself
(D) Far, a long, long way to run
(A) Sew, a needle pulling thread
(B7) La, a note to follow Sew
(C#) Tea, I drink with jam and (F#m) bread
That will (D) bring us (E7) back to (A) Do
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, So Do
spoken
Now children, Do Re Mi Fa So and so on
Are only the tools we use to build a song
Once you have these notes in your heads
You can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up
Like this
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
Can you do that?
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
So Do La Ti Do Re Do
So Do La Ti Do Re Do
Now, put it all together
(A) So Do (D) La Fa (A) Mi Do (E7) Re
(A) So Do (D) La Ti Do Re (A) Do
Good
But it doesn't mean anything
So we put in words
One word for every note, like this
(A) When you (D) know the (A) notes to (E7) sing
(A) You can (D) sing most (A) anything
Together
When you (D) know the notes to (E7) sing
You can sing most anything
(A) Doe, a deer, a female deer
(E7) Ray, a drop of golden sun
(A) Me, a name I call myself
(D) Far, a long, long way to run
(A) Sew, a needle pulling (D) thread
(B7) La, a note to follow Sew
(C#) Tea, I drink with jam and (F#m) bread
That will (D) bring us (E7) back to
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re
Do Mi Mi
Mi So So
Re Fa Fa
La Ti Ti
Do Mi Mi
Mi So So
Re Fa Fa
La Ti Ti
When you know the notes to (E7) sing
You can sing most any(A)thing
(A) Doe, a deer, a female deer
(E7) Ray, a drop of golden sun
(A) Me, a name I call myself
(D) Far, a long, long way to run
(A) Sew, a needle pulling (D) thread
(B7) La, a note to follow Sew
(C#) Tea, I drink with jam and (F#m) bread
That will (D) bring us (E7) back to
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
So Do La Fa
La So Fa Mi Re
Ti (A) Do
So Do