Level: 3
Tuning: Standard

Hoagy Carmichael composed "Skylark" around 1940 and the great lyricist/songwriter Johnny Mercer contributed the lyrics, allegedly inspired by his affair with Judy Garland. Besides the standard circle-of-fifths chord movement (going up by fourths, such as Em7b5, A7, Dm7, Gm7, C9, Fmaj7) there is also some diatonic chord movement, in which the chords move up the C major scale: C6, Dm7, C/E, Fmaj7. Notice the momentary key change in the bridge, from C to E. A practice suggestion: become familiar with the backup arrangement first, before attempting to learn the chord-melody solo. Play the backup chords several times and the solo will come easier, as it's mostly based on the same chord shapes.