(Eb)If I had to (Fm7)choose
(Bb)just
(Gm7)one (Eb)day: If I had to (Bb)choose
just (Gm7)one
(C)day
to last my whole (Bb)life (Ebmaj7)through,
It would (C7)sure ly (Bb)be
that (Gm7)Sun
(C)day,
the day that I (Bb7)met (Eb7)you.
(Ab)New born whip poor wills
were (Abm6)call in’ from the hills;
(Gm7)sum mer was a com in’ in, but (C9)fast.
(Fm)Lots of daf fo dils
were (Db9)show in’ of their skills,
(Am7)nod ding all to (D7)geth er I could (Gmaj7)al most hear them (G6)whis per:
“Go on, kiss her, go (Gm7)on (F#m7)and (Fm7)kiss (Bb)her!”
(C7)If I had to (Bb)choose
one (Gm7)mo
(C)ment
to live with in (Bb7)my (Ebmaj7)heart,
(C7)It would be that (Fm7)ten (Bb)der
(Gm7)mo
(C)ment
re call ing how
(Bb7)we (C7)start
ed,
(Fm)Dar ling, it would (Abm)be
(Gm7)when you smiled at (C7)me
(Fm7)that way
that (Abm6)Sun day,
(Bb)that (Eb)sum mer.
If I had to (Bb)choose
just (Gm7)one
(C)day
to last my whole (Bb)life (Ebmaj7)through,
It would (C7)sure ly (Bb)be
that (Gm7)Sun
(C)day,
the day that I (Bb7)met (Eb7)you.
(Ab)New born whip poor wills
were (Abm6)call in’ from the hills;
(Gm7)sum mer was a com in’ in, but (C9)fast.
(Fm)Lots of daf fo dils
were (Db9)show in’ of their skills,
(Am7)nod ding all to (D7)geth er I could (Gmaj7)al most hear them (G6)whis per:
“Go on, kiss her, go (Gm7)on (F#m7)and (Fm7)kiss (Bb)her!”
(C7)If I had to (Bb)choose
one (Gm7)mo
(C)ment
to live with in (Bb7)my (Ebmaj7)heart,
(C7)It would be that (Fm7)ten (Bb)der
(Gm7)mo
(C)ment
re call ing how
(Bb7)we (C7)start
ed,
(Fm)Dar ling, it would (Abm)be
(Gm7)when you smiled at (C7)me
(Fm7)that way
that (Abm6)Sun day,
(Bb)that (Eb)sum mer.
If I had to (Eb)sum mer.
If I had to (Fm)choose
(Bb7)just
(Eb7)one day.
This page shows “That Sunday, That Summer” by Nat "King" Cole in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Ab at 75 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.