Do-Re-Mi from The Sound Of Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJJUG_Elt5g Chords between bracktes "()" are optional Sidenotes can be found between square brackets "[]" G Let's start at the very beginning G A very good place to start F C When you read you begin with A-B-C F C When you sing you begin with do-re-mi C Do-re-mi, do-re-mi G F C The first three notes just happen to be C Do-re-mi, do-re-mi C (F) (C) G Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti Let's see if I can make it easy C Doe, a deer, a female deer G Ray, a drop of golden sun C Me, a name I call myself F Far, a long, long way to run C F Sew, a needle pulling thread D G La, a note to follow Sew E Am Tea, a drink with jam and bread F G C That will bring us back to Do (oh-oh-oh) [Repeat verse twice] C F C G C Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do-so-do! Once you have these notes in your heads, you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up. C F C G So Do La Fa Mi Do Re C F C G C So Do La Ti Do Re Do [While repeating C F C G:] But it doesn't mean anything. So we put in words. One word for every note. Like this. C F C G When you know the notes to sing C F C G C You can sing most anything [repeat above verse twice] C Doe, a deer, a female deer G Ray, a drop of golden sun C Me, a name I call myself F Far, a long, long way to run C F Sew, a needle pulling thread D G La, a note to follow Sew E Am Tea, a drink with jam and bread F G C That will bring us back to Do C G C F C F G C Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do C G F C F C G Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re C Do Mi Mi C Mi So So G Re Fa Fa G La Ti Ti C F C G When you know the notes to sing C F C G C You can sing most anything! [In this verse, a G is actually played instead of an F, but I think it sounds better this way] C Doe, a deer, a female deer G Ray, a drop of golden sun C Me, a name I call myself F Far, a long, long way to run C F Sew, a needle pulling thread D G La, a note to follow Sew E Am Tea, a drink with jam and bread F G That will bring us back to C (Do) So Do F (Re) La Fa C (Mi) Mi Do G (Fa) Re C (So) So Do F (La) La Fa G G7 (Ti) Do So So Fa C (Ti) So Do C F C G C Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do-so-do!