263802217 Twisted Lead Sheet Annie Ross 1

THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG as sung by Instant Classic

Words & Music by STEVE ALLEN

Arrangement by SCOTT KITZMILLER  

Chorus bright swing  1

2

Tenor  Lead

You're walk

-

in'

a

-

long

the

street

or you're

5

6

at

a

Bari Bass

4

3

 part - ty, ty,

or

else

you're a - lone lone

and and then then

you sud - den -ly

dig. 7

8

dig. dig.

9

You'r ou'ree look ook - in' in' in

10

some - one's

eyes;

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you sud

-

den - ly

This Could Be the Start of Something Big 

2

some - thin',

12

11

re

-

al

-

13

ize

14

that

this could be

the

start

of some - thin' some - thin',

this start of some-thin' 15

 big. 16

 big. start of some-thin'

17

You're lunch  big.

-

in' at

20

19

Twen - ty - One ah

21

di - et; di - et;

de - clin

-

ing

a

x

fig.

fig.

and watch - in' your 

22

Char - lotte russe, ah

fig. 23

18

ac -cept

-

in' a

sky, 24

x

25

When out

of a

clear

26

blue

sky,

sky,

it's sud

- den -ly

3

This Could Be the Start of Something Big  27

28

gal

29

and guy.

30

oo x

gal

and guy.

And,

this could be

the

start

of some - thin'

 big. 31

32

some - thin'

33

 big.  big.

There's no

con

-

34

trol - ling the

un

-

roll - ing

of your 

 big. friend. 35

 book? 36

fate,

my

friend. friend.

37

Who knows what's

38

writ - ten

in

the

ma - gic

book?  book?

friend, 39

40

41

But when a

lov - er

42

you dis

-

43

cov - er

at the

gate,

my friend, friend,

This Could Be the Start of Something Big 

4

look! 44

45

in - vite

her 

46

in

with - out

a

sec sec

air - plane, 48

in an

ond ond,

look! sec

at

-

ond

di's,

51

o - plane

or din

air - plane,

-

Sar

50

aer

look!

-

dine

49

You're up

47

dine

- ing at

Sar - di's,

at

Sar

-

di's,

sand.

52

53

or ly

-

ing at

54

Mal

-

i - bu

hear,

55

a - lone

on the

bell,

sand. sand.

you,

tell,

58 56

57

You sud - den - ly

hear hear,

59

a

bell, bell,

and right

a - way

you you,

can tell, tell,

tell

5

This Could Be the Start of Something Big  60

61

62

This

that

this

could be

the

start

of some

-

thing

could be

the

start

of some

-

thing,

Reprise 63

64

66

65

grand!

start

ah

of some-thing

67

Your des - tined

68

fright - 'ning

flash.

fright - 'ning

flash.

71

grand!

lov - er you'll dis 69

72

heart a - wake both

73

 be - cause the

in

a

70

ah

So keep your 

- cov - er

night

and

day, day,

night

and

day,

74

meet meet - ing

ing, may

meet

ing,

-

be

fleet fleet - ing

ing, as

fleet

ing,

-

a

This Could Be the Start of Something Big 

6 

flash. 76

75

light - ning light - ning

- way,

a

77

flash. flash.

-

You don't

a a

-

78

wan - na

let

80

it

slip

81

You're watch a

-

way!

79

- way! - way,

a

-

-

in' the

sun

come

up

way!

mon - ey, 82

83

or count

- in' your 

84

mon - ey, mon - ey,

85

or else

in a

dim

wine.

86

87

you're or

-

der - in'

wine. wine.

ca - fe,

is; 88

89

And sud

-

den - ly

there she

is; is;

7 

This Could Be the Start of Something Big 

90

91

I wan - na be

92

where

she

93

is.

This could be

is.

94

And

95

start

of some - thin'.

this

96

This could be

the

heart

of some - thin'.

This

Tag 97

98

Got

a feel - ing

this

99

could

be

the

start

100

of 

start

of 

Got

Got

rit. some

-

101

thing 102

some

-

grand, 104

103

thing

grand.

This could

 be

the

the

This Could Be the Start of Something Big 

8

 freely 105

106

107

start,

108

start

start,

some - thing

of  

109

some

- thing

grand!

grand!

Optional Passages (as sung by Instant Classic) is; 89

I wan - na be 90

there

she

where

she

is. 92

91

is;

where

she

is.

is.

And

 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __  freely 107

108

start

of  

109

some

-

thing

grand!

grand!

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