Boplicity Leadsheet (C-Major)

Boplicity (Bebop Lives) Music by Miles Davis Lyrics by Ray Passman & Holli Ross

Medium Swing

A1

D‹7 E‹7 F^7 G7 C^7 G‹7 C7[åÁ] 3  3                           a lit - tle new, but It be - gan as an ex - per - i - ment, with the time clev - er - ly spent. It F^7 D‹7 C^7/E F^73 G7(“) CŒ„Š7(#11) 3                          

5

woke up mus - i - cal minds and, boy, it

A2

sure

made a

D‹7 E‹7 F^73 G7                 

dent

9

Diz- zy,

Bird

and Miles, they did it their way,

swing

and so

we know that Be - bop

lives.

C^7

G‹7 C7[åÁ]                 -

time peo - ple did - n't

fi - gure it could stay,

F^7 D‹7 C^7/E F^73 G7(“) CŒ„Š7(#11) 3                           

13

but they split would - n't you know be - cause the time

B

was pas - sé

and

so they know that Be - bop Lives.

And

G‹7 C7[åÁ] G‹7 C7[åÁ] F^7 3                                  when there was a cat who then start - ed to scat, it made im - pres - sions that, es - tab - lish - ing a school, be - came a

17

F‹7   

21

B¨7[åÁ] F‹7 3 B¨7[åÁ] E¨^7 E¨‹7 D‹7 G13(#11) 3                            

pop - u - lar pas - time

A3

for

bop when in it's prime

would dif - fer - en

ti - ate the

hot from the cool.

D‹7 E‹7 F^73 G7 C^7 G‹7 C7[åÁ]                                 

25

Se - cond, third

gen - er - a - tions still blow

all

the flat - ted fifths taht

we cer - tain - ly know,

F^7 D‹7 C^7/E F^73 G7(“) 3                          

29

"Ko - ko," don't for - get "Four" and then there's "Night - In Tu - ni -

sia," so

we know that Be - bop

Lives.

like

CŒ„Š7(#11) 