Here is the tune "Beauty in Tears" as I was able to convert it to the ABC music format, which I looked into recently. If you would like more information about the abc format, visit the ABC Music Homepage.
X:1 T:Beauty in Tears M:3/4 K:D A2|"D"d2f2a2|f2d2B2|efgfed|"A"fedcBA| "D"d2fdec|"G"d2B2G2|"A"A2B2c2|"D"d4A2| "D"d2f2a2|f2d2B2|efgfed|"A"fedcBA| "D"d2fdec|"G"d2B2G2|"A"A2B2c2|"D"d6| "D"d2f2a2|"Am"d'2a2g2|"G"edefga|"A"b2g2e2| "Am"dcdefg|"F#m"a2gfed|"E7"e2a2^g2|"A"a4f2| "D"f2d2B2|"Bm"B2c2d2|"G"efgfed|"A"fedcBA| "D"d2fdec|"G"d2B2G2|"A"A2B2c2|"D"d6|
As you can see, the key is D, the meter is 3/4, the title is Beauty in Tears, and it is marked as the first tune in the list. Actually, this is a list of only one tune, but you could have hundreds of tunes in your tune list. I am sure you can see by inspection that the notes are written with the standard note names, capital letters being an octave lower than small letters, etc. Letters with a two after them are twice as long as letters without a number (which means, the 1 is understood, a timesaver). Also, if you'd like to accompany the tune, the appropriate chords are given inside of " " - neat, huh?
This is a midi file of the same tune, which I converted from abc format, using one of the freely available software packages on the net.
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