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You only need to know about 7 or 8 shapes to play this, so I'll
start of by giving the shapes, then I'll write the chord names above
the words so you know where the changes come.
Tuning (low to high) : C G D F Bb D
(For the shapes below I'll write 'B' for Bb, for obvious reasons...)
DOGDFBD DOGDFBD DOGDFBD DOGDFBD DOGDFBD
33xxxx 55xxxx 777000 0x7777 002220
MIb5 FA5 SOLm9 FA/DO DOadd2
DOGDFBD DOGDFBD
002020 333000
DOadd2add4 SIb/MIb
Intro
MIb5 FA5 SOLm9
MIb5 FA5 FA/DO
DOadd2 DOadd2add4 DOadd2 DOadd2add4
Verse :
FA/DO DOadd2 DOadd2add4
Old Beale street is coming down
SIb/MIb
Sweetie's snack bar boarded up know
SOLm9
And there goes the tailor, and the shine boy's gone
SOLm9
Faded out with rag time blues
FA/DO DOadd2
Handy's cast in bronze
DOadd2add4 SIb/MIb
And he's standing in a little park
SOLm9
with his trumpet in his hand like he's listening back
to the good old days, and the kick of high-heeled shoes
DOadd2
Furry sings the blues
SIb/MIb
Laughing, smoking, drinking he'll play for you
SOLm9
It's mostly muttering now, and side show spiel
SOLm9 FA/DO DOadd2
But there was one song he played I could really feel
Link to next verse :
MIb5 FA5 SOLm9
MIb5 FA5
Then on to verse 2
Structure is the same all the way through.
Song ends with repeated pattern of Cadd2 and Cadd2add4
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