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A Kiss To Build A Dream On

Louis Armstrong

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A Kiss to Build a Dream On
Words & Music by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby & Oscar Hammerstein II, 1935
Recorded by Louis Armstrong, 1951
First used in the movie "The Strip," also in "Sleepless In Seattle

   C       G                C
Give me a kiss to build a dream on,

    Edim     Cdim      G7             Gdim               G
And  my  im - ag - i - na - tion will thrive upon that kiss;

              Gdim              G
Sweetheart, I ask no more than this,

  Dm7      G7       C
A kiss to build a dream on.


C          G               C
Give me a kiss before you leave me,

   Edim     Cdim      G7             Gdim             G
And my  im - ag - i - na - tion will feed my hungry heart
             Gdim            G
Leave me one thing before we part  

   Dm7    G7	     C      Fdim  C
A kiss to build a dream on.


Bridge:

      Am   Fm7  Bb7     Ebm7   Eb6
When I'm alone with my fancies
Fm7  Bb7     Ebm7 Eb6
I'll be with you 
Dm7-5  G7      Cm    Cm7
Weav - ing romances,
  Am7	 D7             Dm7  G7
Making believe they are true.

 C            G               C
Give me your lips for just a moment,

   Edim     Cdim      G7             Gdim              G
And my  im - ag - i - na - tion will make that moment live

             Gdim           G
Give me what you alone can give 

   Dm7    G7	    C        Fdim Fdim   C   G   Cm7
A kiss to build a dream on.

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A Kiss To Build A Dream On

Louis Armstrong