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- Far Away Places
- Words and Music
by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer - 1948
- Number 1 on the
Hit Parade in 1949, played for 19 weeks.
| Chorus: |
| F |
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| - |
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Gm7 |
C7 |
| F |
F7 |
Bb |
Bbm6 |
| F |
C7 |
F |
Gm7 |
| F |
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| - |
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Gm7 |
C7 |
| F |
F7 |
Bb |
Bbm6 |
| F |
C7 |
F |
F7 |
| Bridge: |
| Bb |
C |
F |
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| C7 |
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F |
F7 |
| Bb |
C |
F |
D7 |
| G7 |
G9 |
C |
C7 |
| Chorus: |
| F |
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| - |
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Gm7 |
C7 |
| F |
F7 |
Bb |
Bbm6 |
| F |
C7 |
F |
- (C7
repeat all) |
- 12-beat intro. Play 3-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- This song is in 3/4 waltz time.
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- Chorus:
- Far Away Places, With strange
soundin' names,
Far away over the sea.
- Those Far Away Places, With
the strange soundin' names,
- Are callin', callin'
me.
- Goin' to China or maybe
Siam,
- I wanna see for my self.
Those Far Away Places I've been readin' about,
- In a book that I took from
a shelf .
Bridge:
- I start gettin' restless
whenever I hear,
- The whistle of a train.
- I pray for the day I can
get underway,
- And look for those castles
in Spain.
Chorus:
- They call me a dreamer,
Well maybe I am,
- But I know that I'm burnin'
to see,
- Those Far Away Places, With
the strange soundin' names,
- Callin', callin' me.
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- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
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- Sing-along
on "Far Away Places" with the WineLand Banjo Band (youtube,
timestamp 2:00)
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- This Chord Chart
may not appear correctly with some browsers. It should
be viewed with a full size window.
- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com