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Alice Blue Gown

Words by Joseph McCarthy, Music by Harry Tierney - 1919

Verse:
C	C6	C	C6
Dm	Dm7	G9	G7              G+
C7	Gm7      C7	F6      Fmaj7       Fm6	C
Am6	Cdim	Em                       B7	G9
C	E7	Am	Cm6
G	Am7      D7	G7	-
Chorus:
C	Cmaj7	A	-                 D7
-	-	-	-
G7	-	C	A7
D7	-	G7                       G+	G7
C	Cmaj7	A	-
Dm        A7      F6	G7	E7	-
Dm	-	C                        Em7	A7
Dm        A7      F6	G7      Fm6      G7	C	-    (G7 to chorus)

6-beat intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Note: This song is in 3/4 waltz time.

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Verse:

I once had a gown it was almost new,
Oh, the daintiest thing, it was sweet Alice Blue,
With little forgetmenots placed here and there,
When I had it on, I walked on the air,
And it wore, and it wore, and it wore,
Till it went and it wasnt' no more.

 

Chorus:

In my sweet little Alice Blue Gown,
When I first wandered down in to town,
I was both proud and shy, As I felt ev'ry eye,
But in ev'ry shop window I'd primp, passing by;
Then in manner of fashion I'd frown.
And the world seem'd to smile all around,
Till it wilted I wore it, I'll always adore it,
My sweet little Alice Blue Gown.

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Listen to Eddie Peabody play "Alice Blue Gown" on the Banjoline in 4/4 time (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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