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Farewell Blues

Words and Music by Elmer Schoebel, Paul Mares, Leon Roppolo - 1922

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G	D7	G	-
G	D7	G	Em7
E7	-	Am	Eb7
G	D7	G	-
G	-	-	-
-	-	-	-              Dm
E7	-	Am	Eb7
G	-	-	-               D7
G	D7	G	-
G	D7	G	Em7
E7		Am	Eb7
G	D7	G	-  (D7 repeat)

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

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Sadness just makes me sigh,

I've come to say goodbye,

Altho' I go,

I've got those farewell blues.

Those farewell blues make me yearn,

That parting kiss seems to burn.

Farewell, dearie,

Someday I will return.

Dreaming of you is sweet,

Someday again we'll meet.

My fears for years

Were those sad farewell blues.

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to Earl Scruggs perform "Farewell Blues" (mp3)

 

Listen to Roy Smeck perform "Farewell Blues" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com