Stock No. 203480 Se eg HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH MYSELF as sung by the Dealer's Choice Words and Music by RAY STEVENS, Arrangement by GARY PARKER Verse 1 lively ot Late-ly T have no-ticed all my friends. a-void-ing me, and. that Da) f= girl who loves me up and said — 4h My whole world is com-in' a-part— and fall-in’ in on me, and T | (© 1969, Renewed 1997 Ahab Music Company, Inc/BMI (Adminstered by EverGreen Copyrights) ‘All Rights Reserved Used by PermissionHave a Little Talk with Myself guess deep down I ee Verse 2 else but sme; Late = ly I've been livin’ for no take, take com - mand, aie take com - mand, take, take com - mand, let my self - ish aad id 2 Late-ly ['ve been givin’ in to pride and van ~- i - ty, and 1 | J yp dt dd SJHave a Little Talk with Myself SUSE sec sennce TEs URS EETunavemeet band. hand. I Tet it ddd), umn sae TERETE hand. 35 Chorus 1 Seer And I think its just a-bout time to have a_lit-tle talk with my aid havea lit-tle talk with my - Je — >| = have a little talk with my oo Ej have___a_it- tleHave a Little Talk with Myself 00, pri vate com - ver-sa = SS d talk with my - self oo 48 9 a llit-tle self ex - am -i = tion, — a lit-te at- ti - tude 00. direc - tion, a lit- tle soul search = in’ in - spec - tion, oS epareve reece eeaeEaeaee TRE = he) |Have a Little Talk with Myself havea little talk with my - self take a lit-tle walk, Interlude bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba 1 por-tanee on the wrong doo 68 —— things in this fife, and my ——_out - lookHave a Little Talk with Myself you reap with heart - ache and without Jove and_ friendship you can’t make it piers b Chorus 2 nie ee ‘a-bout time 10 have, And I think its just 88 (aie wid 'my feel havea lit-tle ie oe have a lit-tle talk with my = self,Have a Little Talk with Myself — have a_sit'- de tak with—my ~ self__ pri - vate con - ver-sa little self ex - eager 98 oo 100 a little soul search - in’ in - spee - tion, start head-in’ inHave a Little Talk with Myself ree - og - 101 Onan - right dir - ect niz ~ in’, i - tm - ix- in, crit - i - cin - in, re- al - i - tem-iz crit - i-ciz - niz - in’, = is inh i iz - int, or = gan - iz - in, sum - ma = fiz. in’, ooh ee sum - ma - riz or - in, sum slowly Sse cesune eee LERASELHTEEEC © 0 ad eae tecoea eee Take a lit-tle walk, 00.Have a Little Talk with Myself Tag * Have a talk a a tlk with my ng talk with my - self. talk with omy - self. 2 Have. my WE my - sell Performance Notes Ray Stevens was bom Harry Dale Ragslale in Georgia on January 11, 1939. He started his career asa classically trained composer and musician. He wrote dozens of songs, but, as lick would have it, he struck gold with his novelty material Gitarzan, released in 1969, became a milion-seller hit. He later won a Grammy award for Everything is Beautiful and & second Grammy in 1975 for Misty. But he will probably be remembered best for The Sireak, Atab the Arab, Santa Claus is Watching You and for singing his version of a BHS performers favorite, Turn Your Radio On. tn 1969-70 he hed modest county hits with Sunday Morning Conting Down and Have a Litle Talk With Myself. Stevens was clected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980, and has earned dozens of Gold and Platinum records, as well as other awards. He recently scored a YouTube hit with We the People, released Sept 11, 2009. Arranger Gary Parker, bass of the BHS championship quartet the Dealer's Choice, arranged this song a show number for his quartet. It has been covered by dozens of BHS quartets, including champions the Side Street Ramblers, and Max Q Performers should take note: This chart is very rangy. The key chosen will have to take into account the extreme ranges of the bass and/or the tenor. ‘The demo track is pitched in F, as the chart was written, while the learning tracks fiom BHS are pitched in Gb. A frantic sort of feel when the song reaches measure 102 until measure 110 seems appropriate reflecting the performers’ life frustrations. As a final note: Questions about the contest suitability of this or any other song or arrangement should be directed to the judging community and measured against current contest rules. Ask before you sing.