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Deep Purple

Words and Music by Mitchell Parish and Peter DeRose - 1939

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1939,  played for 12 weeks.

Verse:
F	F6	Gm7	C9
F	-	Em7	A7
Dm         A7	Cm6      F7	Bb	C+        C7
Dm         A7	G9	C9	C7
Chorus:
F	Cdim	Gm	C
F	Cm	D7         Am7	Fm        D7
Gm	Bbm	F	Ddim
Gm7         C7	C9         C+	F	C7
F	Cdim	Gm	C
F	Cm	D7         Am7	Fm        D7
Gm	Bbm	F	Ddim
Gm7         C7	Gm          C7	F	-  (to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

The sun is sinking low behind the hill,
I loved you long ago, I love you still,
Across the years you come to me at twilight,
To bring my loves old thrill.

 

Chorus:

When the Deep Purple falls over sleepy garden walls,

And the stars begin to flicker in the sky,
Thru the mist of a memory you wander back to me,
Breathing my name with a sigh,

In the still of the night, once again I hold you tight,

Tho' you're gone, your love lives on when moonlight beams,

And as long as my heart will beat, Lover, we'll always meet.

Here in my Deep Purple dreams.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to Wally Dempsey perform "Deep Purple" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com