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Oh, Lady Be Good!

Music by George Girshwin, Words by Ira Girshwin  -  1924

Verse:
Em             F#m     B7	Em            Am	Em           Am6    B7	Em6
G               Am7    D7	G             Cmaj7   C	G             Am7    D7	G6
D7	G	D7	G             F#m     B7
E               Fmaj7  B7	E                A	E               F#7    B7	E              D7
Chorus:
G                 D7     G	C7	G	-              G#dim
D7	-	G	-
G                 D7     G	C7	G	-              G#dim
D7	-	G	-
C	D7	C               G	-               D7
Em               B+	Em            A7	Am7          D7	Bm          Am7    A7b5
G                 D7    G	C7	G	-            G#dim
D7	-	G	-  (D7 repeat chorus)

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

This song is in the key of G.

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Verse:

Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad, but true.

All dressed up no place to go, Each ev'ning I'm awf'ly blue.

I must win some winsome miss; Can't go on like this.

I could blossom out I know, With somebody just like you, so..

 

Chorus:

Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good!

Oh lady, be good! to me!

I am so awf'ly misunderstood,

So lady be good to me.

Oh, please have some pity,

I'm all alone in this big city, I tell you,

I'm just a lonesome, babe in the wood,

So lady, be good to me!

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Performer Links:

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Watch Dick Legrand (tenor banjo) and Dick Martin (plectrum banjo) perform "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com