If I had you **Written in 1928**

Good morning all. This is a favorite of mine and a tune we've done for years. So, I sat down last night and took a stab at recording it. "If I had you" is a standard, recorded by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall, etc over the years, it seems there are a zillion songs with the same title so I didn't want folks to think they were going to hear a more modern song from Adam Lambert/Dire Straits/etc.

The melody is played on a Kanilea K1 Walnut Tenor in low G tuning, the rhythm is played on a Neil Gardiner Concert guitar (Engelmann Spruce/Cocobolo) and a Kanilea K3 Super Concert (koa) in re-entrant tuning. If you have them, headphones are better as the guitar part gets lost on computer speakers.

I hope you enjoy it.

Jimmy

https://soundcloud.com/standard-brands/if-i-had-you

Very nice,

Thank you!

I have been practicing this song for the past week.
Getting hung up on some of the chord transitions.
You make it sound so easy! Bravo!

Peterjens said:

I have been practicing this song for the past week.
Getting hung up on some of the chord transitions.
You make it sound so easy! Bravo!

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Thanks. It is a great song, I hear you on some of the chord transitions, especially in the turnaround where it's one beat per chord.

Jimmy

johnnyn2o said:

Very nice,

Thank you!

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Thanks Johnny, it is a lovely tune.

Jimmy

Jimmy,
Well done....thanks
Terry

Very well done indeed. I loved it.