Doris Day – Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (Tab)
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps started life as Quizás, Quizás, Quizás written by Osvaldo Farrés. Since then, it’s been covered by people as varied as Bing Crosby, Cake and Andrea Bocelli. But the most famous is Doris Day’s version. Which I based this arrangement on.
Intro: Starting off with the cool, staccato riff. First an octave up. Then in first position (where it’s played when it crops up later in the song).
Verse: I like to be a little late to some notes in the verse. Particularly the Gm chord at the start of bar 9. This matches the lyrics about hesitation and stalling.
Chorus: The chorus shifts up the fretboard and is much more strident. I’ve thrown in a couple of licks in bars 17 and 21 that you can change to your own tastes.
Solo: And feel free to come up with your own version of the solo, too. In this solo, I’m using the G natural minor scale. Plus some chromatic notes in bar 28 to lead into the C minor chord.
