Sophisticated Lady
Johnny Smith and Stan Getz Lyrics

Sophisticated lady tryin' to change my ways
Just because you're caught in your social maze
I think it's 'bout time that you realize
Your money and your power's got you mesmerized

Pretty lady, get back
Pretty lady, yea
Sophisticated lady put your blue jeans on
You're anybody's baby when your mama's gone

Educated lady with your college degree
Amazes me why you just can't see
Learned everything from your books on the shelf
But no one ever taught you how to think for yourself

Pretty lady, get back
Pretty lady, yea, sweet thing
Sophisticated lady put your blue jeans on
You're anybody's baby when your mama's gone

Sophisticated lady take a lesson from me
I can help you be what you want to be
Together we'll see many brighter days
If it takes forever, gonna change your ways

Pretty lady, get back
Pretty lady, yea, sweet thing
Sophisticated lady put your blue jeans on
You're anybody's baby when your mama's gone

Sophisticated lady put your blue jeans on
You're anybody's baby when your mama's gone

Sophisticated lady put your blue jeans on
You're anybody's baby when your mama's gone

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Written by: Edward Kennedy Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish

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@joedenisco6033

2y↑6

Francois, this is a GOLD Mine. I've been working on this song since like 2015.. You helped me big time. THANK YOU!!

@FrancoisLeduc

2y↑17

Hi there! Sorry for the little time off. I thought this one would be a quick project but having a 2nd guitar for the comping made it hard to hear exactly what the voicings were. My first draft was all big stretches almost impossible to play but then I realize it was much simpler than I thought. I still have some doubt on some of them but played that way it works really well. I love how he arranged the descending II-V sections, especially the one that end on Bb7. The fast 3rd are also very cool. It's a bit tricky to play thou... you need to group them in block of 2 and move from one block to the other. Have fun!

@stevesilverman5296

2y↑1

I knew it was only a matter of time before you'd get around to this one. Johnny often stated that he didn't think of himself as a "jazz guitarist." So what do we call this, "stunningly and breathtakingly beautiful" and leave it at that? Maybe he just eschewed labels, preferring to defy category. He was a ridiculously modest man considering his prodigious talent. When asked where he got the idea for the closed voicings he said "I just read them off the piano sheet." Lots of guys did that but it never occur to any of them to play them until he did. Now Francois, regardless of whether or not my label/description of Johnny's playing sticks, rest assured, it applies equally to your work as well!

@trevorwhat

2y↑3

Johnny be Good! Thanks, Francois!

@briandennehy6380

2y↑2

That opening lick wow

@gabchaim8232

2y↑4

Unmatched

@jodyguilbeaux8225

2y↑2

wow, what was going through JS head when writing this ? he will always be the best guitarist to me. there is no one like him.

@johnbruno6868

Hey Jody; the answer is magic. I was able to watch him close up over several sets on a few evenings during the summer of 1961. I was just 14, visiting relatives in Colorado Springs. Twisted my Uncles arm to take me to the club where Johnny had an organ trio going. His left hand gymnastics seemed impossible. Yet there it was..... magic!

@joeenck9065

2y↑2

awesome awesome awesome! Love it with a big "L"!!! I still hope you might find the time and love for "It might as well be spring". This would be christmas and eastern on one day.🙂