From the Rodgers and Hammerstein 1951 musical classic The King and I, the song “Getting to Know You” features near the beginning and is sung by Anna with the royal children she’s about to mentor.
It’s a relatively simple tune, upbeat and mid-speed, so should be a great one for beginners to practice 🙂
Did you know?! “Getting to Know You” has been sung by Julie Andrews, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Elaine Paige and many others, as well as appear in other films (The Addams Family, would you believe?!)
E – F G ^C ^C
Getting to know you
E – F G ^C ^C E-G G
Getting to know all about you
F – G A ^D ^D
Getting to like you
E – G A ^D ^D F E
Getting to hope you like me…
E – F G ^C ^C
Getting to know you
E -F G ^C ^C E A-A
Putting it my way but nicely
A B ^C-^D-^D
You are precisely
^E ^C A F
My cup of tea!
E – F G ^C ^C
Getting to know you
E – F G ^C ^C E G-G
Getting to feel free and easy
F G A ^D ^D
When I am with you
E – G A ^D ^D F E
Getting to know what to say
E – F G A-A
Haven’t you noticed
B-^C-^D ^D ^D B ^E-^E
Suddenly I’m bright and breezy?
^C – A F E E
Because of all the
E – F – G G G
Beautiful and new
A A A-B ^C-^C ^C
Things I’m learning about you
^D B ^C
Day by day!