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Guitar
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F#º7 Gm7 Ab<7 Db%(#11)
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Meglio Stasera (It Had Better Be Tonight) (1964)
** Composed for the original installment of the film series The Pink Panther.
It showcases a young actress named Fran Jeffries, who sings the song while slowly
dancing around a fireplace at a ski lodge where all the principal players of the film are
gathered. The song appears on the soundtrack record album in two versions. One is
an instrumental that resembles the underscore of Fran's rendition. The other is a group
vocal with only vaguely related English lyrics, and it can be heard in the background
during the fancy dress ball / costume party whilst the attempted robbery is taking place.
The original Italian version does not appear on the album.
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Guitar
F#m<7 D%(#11) Fº7 F#m6 G#º7 F#m6/A G% F#m #5 F#m6 F#m7 F#m<7 F#m7 F#m6 F#m+ F#m Bm6
Piano
Bm6
F#m
F#m
Bass
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Drums
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Vocal
24 it had bet - ter be to - night while the man - do - lins are play - ing, and stars are bright.
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Guitar
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If you've an - y - thing to tell me, it had bet - ter be to -night or some - bod - y else might tell me, and
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F#m Bm7 C#7 F#m9<7 F#13 C#º7/B Bm6
Guitar
F#m Bm7 C#7 F#m9<7 F#13 C#º7/B Bm6
Piano
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Bass
Fill
Drums
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Vocal
whis - per the words just right Meg - lio sta - ser - a ah, ba - by go, go, go Or as we nat - ives say: Fa su - bi -
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F#m/C# C#7 Fº7 F#m6 G#º7 F#m6/A G C#7(b9) F#m6 F#m<7 D%(#11) Fº7 F#m6 G#º7 F#m6/A G%
Guitar
F#m9<7
F#m/C# C#7 Fº7 F#m6 G#º7 F#m6/A G C#7(b9) F#m6 F#m<7 D%(#11) Fº7 F#m6 G#º7 F#m6/A G%
Piano
Bass
Drums
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Vocal
to If you're ev - er gon - na hold me,
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Bari
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F#m F#m+ F#m6 F#m7 F#m<7 F#m7 F#m6
F#m+ Gm Gm+ Gm6 Gm7 Gm<7 Gm7 Gm6 Gm+ Gm Cm9
Guitar
Gm
Cm9
Piano
f f
F#m Gm Cm
Bass
Fill Play Time
Drums
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72 It had bet - ter be to - night. Or some - bo - dy else may hold me They might make me feel just right.
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Tpt. 3
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D7
Gm9<7
G13
Dº7/C
Cm6
Gm/D
Guitar
D7
Gm9<7
G13
Dº7/C Cm6
Gm/D D7
Piano
Gm/D
D7 G7
Cm D7
Bass
Fill Play Time
Drums
It Had Better Be Tonight
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Vocal
Meg - lio sta - ser - a ah, ba - by
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Bari
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F#º7 Gm F#º7 Gm
Tacet
Guitar
Gm9<7
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Piano
Bass
Closed HH
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Drums
It Had Better Be Tonight
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Vocal
95 go, go, go Or as we nat - ives say: Fa su - bi - - to
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Ab7 D7
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Gm F#º7 Gm
F#º7 Gm
Ab7(b5)
Gm7
F#º7 Gm7 Ab<7
Db%(#11)
Gm7
Dbm7 Ebm7 Dbm7
Guitar
f
Ab13(b5)
Gm7
F#º7 Gm7 Ab<7 Db%(#11) Gm7 Dbm7 Ebm7 Dbm7
Piano
f
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f Fill SWING
Fill
Drums
It Had Better Be Tonight
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107 For this poor A - mer - i - can - o, ah, who knows a lit - tle of your speech,
Alto 1
Alto 2
Tenor 1
Tenor 2
Bari
Tpt. 1
Tpt. 2
Tpt. 3
Tpt. 4
Tpt. 5
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Tbn. 2
Tbn. 3
Tbn. 4
Dbm7 Dm7
D7 Gm
Guitar
Cm <7
Cm7 Cm6
Cm+ <7
Dm
Dm7
D7sus
Dm6 Dm+
Solo
D7 +5
Db7 D7
Dbm7 Dm7
Piano Gm <7 Gm7 Gm6 Gm+
Tacet
Bass
Fill
Tacet
Drums
It Had Better Be Tonight
118 124
Vocal
Be a nice I - tal - i - an - a, and start to teach.
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(unis)
Alto 1
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Alto 2
Tenor 1
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(unis)
Bari
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(unis)
Tpt. 1
Tpt. 2
Tpt. 3
Tpt. 4
Tpt. 5
Opt tacet.
Tbn. 1
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(unis)
Opt tacet.
Tbn. 2
mp
(unis)
Tbn. 3
mp
Tbn. 4
(unis)
mp
Dº7/Cm Cm7 A7 (unis)
Guitar
G7
Dº7/Cm Cm7 A7 (unis)
Piano
Cm A7
G7
Bass
Latin
Drums
It Had Better Be Tonight
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128 Ah,show me how in old Mi - lan - o lov - ers hold each oth - er oh, so tight. But I warn you sweet Pi - san - a, that it
Alto 1
mf f
Alto 2
mf
f
Tenor 1
mf f
Tenor 2
mf f
Bari
mf
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Tpt. 1
mf f
Tpt. 2
mf f
Tpt. 3
mf
f
Tpt. 4
mf
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Tpt. 5
mf
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Tbn. 1
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Tbn. 2
mf f
Tbn. 3
mf f
Tbn. 4
mf f
Gm Cmadd9 D7 Gm9<7 G13 Dº7/C Cm6
Guitar
Gm
Cmadd9 D7
Gm9<7 G13 Dº7/C Cm6
Piano
D7
Gm
Cm
G13 Cm6
Bass
Play Time
Fill
Drums
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Vocal
Meg - lio
140 had bet - ter be to - night. sta - ser - a ah, ba - by go, go, go Or as we
Alto 1
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(div)
(unis)
(unis)
Alto 2
mf
(div)
(unis)
(unis)
Tenor 1
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(div) (unis)
(unis)
Tenor 2
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Bari
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Tbn. 2
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Gm/D
D7 F#º7 Gm6 Aº7 Gm6/Bb Ab D7(b9) Gm6 Eb%(#11) F#º7 Gm6
Guitar
Gm9<7
Gm/D D7 F#º7 Gm6 Aº7 Gm6/Bb Ab D7(b9) Gm6 Gm<7 Eb%(#11) F#º7 Gm6
Piano
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Drums
It Had Better Be Tonight
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Vocal
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"Fa su - - - - - bi - - - - - to"
nat - ives say:
Alto 1
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Alto 2
f f
Tenor 1
f f
Tenor 2
f f
Bari
f f
Tpt. 1
f
f
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f f
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f f
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f f
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Aº7 Gm6/Bb Ab%
Ab6 Gm7 Ab<7
Guitar
f
Aº7 Gm6/Bb Ab% Gm7 Ab<7
f
Piano
Ab6
Gm Ab6
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f
Drums
It Had Better Be Tonight
Vocal
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Alto 1
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Alto 2
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Tenor 1
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Tenor 2
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Bari
(unis)
Tpt. 1
Tpt. 2
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Tpt. 3
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Tpt. 4
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Gm9
Guitar
Gm9
Piano
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Fill
Drums
It Had Better Be Tonight
Sung by: Michael Buble / CD: Call Me Irresponsible (2007)
Horn riff/Chorus:
E.g. Italiano = male, italiana = female
Vocal
11 go, go, go Or as we nat - ives say:
17 21
16 Fa su - bi - to If you're ev - er gon - na kiss
23 me, it had bet - ter be to - night
29
29 while the man - do - lins are play - ing, and stars are
37
35 bright. If you've an - y - thing to tell me,
45
41 it had bet - ter be to - night or some - bod - y else might
47 tell me, and whis - per the words just right Meg - lio sta -
It Had Better Be Tonight
Vocal
53
53 ser - a ah, ba - by go, go, go Or as we
61 65
58 nat - ives say: Fa su - bi - to
69
69 If you're ev - er gon - na hold me, It had bet - ter be to -
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75 night. Or some - bo - dy else may hold me They
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81 might make me feel just right. Meg - lio sta -
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93 ser - a ah, ba - by go, go, go Or as we
101 110
98 nat - ives say: Fa su - bi - to For this
111 poor A - mer - i - can - o, ah, who knows a lit - tle of your
It Had Better Be Tonight
Vocal
118
116 speech, Be a nice I - tal - i - an - a,
124 128
121 and start to teach. Ah,show me
129 how in old Mi - lan - o lov - ers hold each oth - er oh, so tight.
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134 But I warn you sweet Pi - san a, that it
144
140 had bet - ter be to -night. Meg - lio sta - ser - a ah,
145 ba - by go, go, go Or as we nat - ives
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say: "Fa su - - bi - -
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to"
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