“ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE” . . . . from the musical “Brigadoon” by Lerner & Loewe . . . Ukulele Chord/Melody arrangement by Ukulele Mike Lynch . . . . contained in the Chord/Melody eBook ONE . . . now Reduced to just $20.00 . . . Check out the Christmas Chord melody ebook

Performed by Gene Kelly 1054

According to Wikipedia Brigadoon is a 1954MGM musical feature film made in CinemaScope and Ansco Color based on the Broadway musical of the same name by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli and stars Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, and Cyd Charisse.

THE PLOT:

Americans Tommy Albright (Gene Kelly) and Jeff Douglas (Van Johnson) are on a hunting trip in Scotland and become lost in the woodlands. They happen upon Brigadoon, a miraculously blessed village that rises out of the mists every hundred years for only a day. (This was done so that the village would never be changed or destroyed by the outside world.) If any villager ever leaves Brigadoon, the spell will be broken and the village will vanish forever, and any outsider who wishes to stay must love someone in the village strongly enough to accept the loss of everything he or she knew in the outside world. Tommy falls in love with village lass Fiona Campbell (Cyd Charisse), whose younger sister Jean (Virginia Bosler), is about to be married to Charlie Dalrymple (Jimmy Thompson). When Tommy and Jeff happen upon clues about the village and its people that make no sense, Fiona takes them to see Mr. Lundie, the village schoolmaster, who tells them the story of Brigadoon and the miracle. That evening, Mr. Lundie officiates at the wedding of Jean and Charlie, which Tommy and Fiona attend. Interrupting the wedding, the jealous Harry Beaton (Hugh Laing) announces he is leaving Brigadoon to make everything disappear, since the girl he loves, Jean, is marrying another man. Harry’s words cause mass chaos among the townspeople and they all rush to stop him. Harry almost crosses the bridge but is stopped short by Tommy, who is knocked unconscious. With men closing in on him, Harry climbs up a tree to hide but is soon shot accidentally by Jeff, who skipped the wedding to hunt and shot at a bird that flew by Harry. Harry falls dead to the ground and is soon found by the men. Fiona frantically searches to find Tommy. Confessing their love for each other, they decide to marry, allowing Tommy to stay in Brigadoon for good. But while Fiona goes off to find Mr. Lundie, Tommy tells Jeff about his plan. Jeff, drunk and remorseful of accidentally killing Harry, tells Tommy he can’t just leave everything in the real world behind for this girl he’s only known a day. Fiona returns with Mr. Lundie, but Tommy confesses that he cannot stay. Fiona says she understands but is heartbroken and they say good-bye before Brigadoon completely disappears. Tommy and Jeff cross the bridge and walk away.

Back in New York City, Tommy can think only of Fiona. Unable even to talk with his fiancee, Tommy ends his relationship with her and calls Jeff, telling him to get the first flight back to Scotland. He and Jeff return to the same spot where they were lost, though Jeff reminds him again the village will not be there. But suddenly Tommy sees lights start to appear through the mist and runs toward them. Brigadoon reappears and Tommy gets to the foot of the bridge to see Mr. Lundie half-awake on the other side saying: “Tommy, lad, you! My, my, you must really love her. You woke me up.” Tommy seems stunned that Brigadoon has been brought back, but Mr. Lundie reminds him: “I told ye, if you love someone deeply enough, anything is possible … even miracles.”

Tommy then runs across the bridge and reunites with Fiona as the village fades back into the mist.

Here is a short excerpt from the Chord/Melody arrangement of this song . . .

This arrangement just seems to flow so easily with a simple placement of chords and mere strum of the thumb  . . . Try out the clip above . . . . most of the piece flows just this easily

Here is a portion of the BRIDGE section of this song . . .

Notice in the 3rd measure that the E7 is a Barre chord. . . Simply Barre the 4th fret while placing either the 2nd finger or the 3rd finger up on the 5th fret of the First string . . . Doesn’t look much like our traditional First position E7 . . but nonetheless it is most definitely an E7 chord. . . It is what we call and upper inversion of the chord.  Keep in mind that every chord has multiple inversions as we go up the fingerboard.

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