Rocking Chair
PostPosted:Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:59 pm
This is my attempt at this song (not to be confused with Red Rocking Chair). Suggestions welcome. - Winston
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Rockin' Chair
(Hoagy Carmichael)
Unusual Chords:
C#dim x4535x
D#dim xx1212
B7 x21202
Cdim x3424x
G7 3x303x
C#7 x4342x
INTRO
C C#dim Dm G
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MAIN
C C7
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Old rockin' chair's got me
F Fm
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Cane by my side
C F C D C
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Fetch me that gin, son
D7 G
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'Fore I tan your hide
C Am
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Can't get from this cabin
D#dim B7 Em
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Ain't goin' nowhere
D D7
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Just sitting here grabbin'
C Cdim G7 C
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At them flies round this old rockin' chair
F7
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My dear old aunt Harriet
C F C
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Up in heaven she be
D#dim B7 Em
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Send down sweet chariot
Am D7 G G7
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For the end of these troubles I see
C C7
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Old rockin' chair
F Fm
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Judgement day is near
C F C D C#7
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I'm chained to that old rockin' chair
ENDING
All except last time:
C C#dim Dm G
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(then repeat from MAIN)
Last time:
C C-B-A#-A
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D C#7
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I'm chained to that old rockin' chair
(x2)