Beyond the Sea (La Mer) - Piano Tutorial + Sheet Music

"La Mer" by Charles Trenet also became known as "Beyond the Sea", thanks to Bobby Darin's recording.
It's a wonderful jazz standard / chanson classic, and perfect for piano!

With this sheet music, you can play "Beyond the Sea" (originally "La Mer") on piano!

It's a carefully created piano arrangement of the famous chanson which is playable, and sounds beautiful.

The entire melody is included in the piano part, so it makes for a perfect instrumental / piano solo cover.

Of course, you can also use this piano arrangement to accompany a singer, or sing along yourself - this sheet music includes a system for the singer, as well as the song's full lyrics.

"Beyond the Sea" was composed by French singer-songwriter Charles Trenet in 1943, then titled "La Mer". He recorded it in 1946.

Over time, it became a popular jazz standard / chanson classic, and has been recorded by many other artists.

The lyrics for the English version (retitled "Beyond the Sea") were written by Jack Lawrence.
Bobby Darin's 1959 recording was a big hit, and further popularized the tune.

The song was also used in the end credits of the 2003 Disney / Pixar film "Finding Nemo", in a version by Robbie Williams.

"Beyond the Sea" makes for a wonderful piano piece!

Lyrics:

Somewhere beyond the sea
Somewhere waiting for me
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailing

Somewhere beyond the sea
She's there watching for me
If I could fly like birds on high
Then straight to her arms
I'd go sailing

It's far beyond the stars
It's near beyond the moon
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon

We'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing

I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet (I know we'll meet) beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing

Original French lyrics ("La Mer"):

La mer qu’on voit danser le long des golfes clairs
A des reflets d’argent, la mer
Des reflets changeants sous la pluie

La mer au ciel d’été confond ses blancs moutons
Avec les anges si purs, la mer
Bergère d’azur infinie

Voyez près des étangs ces grands roseaux mouillés
Voyez ces oiseaux blancs et ces maisons rouillées

La mer les a bercé le long des golfes clairs
Et d’une chanson d’amour, la mer
A bercé mon coeur pour la vie

La mer qu’on voit danser le long des golfes clairs
A des reflets d’argent, la mer
Des reflets changeants sous la pluie

La mer au ciel d’été confond ses blancs moutons
Avec les anges si purs, la mer
Bergère d’azur infinie

Voyez près des étangs ces grands roseaux mouillés
Voyez ces oiseaux blancs et ces maisons rouillées

[pianolla]

Ive been trying to find the right music sheet for this song!:) Also amazing performance it felt exactly like watching finding nemo credits

[LazGamez]

3 years to late to this one, this is awesome i love it! 😁

[ConstantinRigoGavriloff]

I stumbled upon this by accident but I was searching for this song for the past 5 years, I heard it in the movie nemo

[robertc]

I've counted and I've counted... I love this melody and song, I simply cannot figure out why there are only twelve (count them, twelve) measures per strain.
Also, there is plenty of rephrasing of the simple melody, plenty of modulation to other keys, but there is only one basic melody. This runs counter to the standard American Songbook format of something like A, A, B, A, bridge, A. Did anybody ever notice this?
Nobody has ever fully explained this striking musical asymmetry. All I ever see are interpretations of the song lyrics. Yeah, that's valuable. ha ha