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I'm Gonna Sit Right Down
And Write Myself A Letter
Words by Joe Young. Music by Fred E. Ahiert - 1935
Number 2 on the Hit Parade in 1936, played for 6 weeks.
 Verse:
C                B Dm7           G7 C               B Dm7            G7
C               Am7 Dm7           G7 C              Am Dm7            G7
C                B Dm7           G7 Am           Am7 C                Cm
G               Em Am7           D7 Dm7 G7
 Chorus:
C             Cmaj7 C6             G+7 Cmaj7 -
- E7 F               A7 Dm
Dm7 G7 C Gm             A7
D7 - G7 -
C             Cmaj7 C                G7      Cmaj7 -
- E7 F               A7 Dm
F              Fmaj7 F6              F#dim C              Gm A7
D7 G7 C -   (G7 repeat chorus)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Verse:
The mailman passes by, And I just wonder why,
He never stops to ring my front door bell.
There's not a single line, From that dear old love of mine,
No, not a word since I last heard Farewell.
 
Chorus:
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter,
And make believe it came from you.
I'm gonna write words, oh so sweet, They're gonna knock me off my feet,
Alot of kisses on the bottom, I'll be glad I gotem.
I'm gonna smile and say "I hope youre feeling better",
And close with love the way you do.
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter,
And make believe it came from you.
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Watch The WineLand Banjo Band perform this song (youtube)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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