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Let's Get Away From It All

Music by Matt Dennis, Words by Tom Adair - 1940

Chorus:
F             C7b9	F7	Bb            Bdim	F
Gm           C7	Cdim           D7	G9	C7
F             C7b9	F7	Bb            Bdim	F
Gm           C7	Cdim           D7	G9             C7	F
Bb           Bdim	F                 D7	Gm            C9	F
C            A7b9	Dm              G9	C7            Adim	C7
F             C7b9	F7	Bb             Bdim	F
Gm           C7	D7b5          D7	Gm7          F#9	F          (repeat)

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

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Chorus:

Let's take a boat to Bermuda, Let's take a plane to Saint Paul,
Let's take a kayak to Quincy or Nyack, Let's get away from it all.

Let's take a trip in a trailer, No need to come back at all.
Let's take a powder to Boston for chowder, Let's get away from it all.

We'll travel 'round from town to town, We'll visit ev'ry state.
I'll repeat, I love you, Sweet, In all the forty eight.

Let's go again to Niag'ra, This time we'll look at the "Fall."
Let's leave our hut, Dear, Get out of our rut, Dear. Let's get away from it all.

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Watch Eddy Davis perform "Let's Get Away From It All" on the tenor banjo (youtube)

 

Watch Brad Roth perform "Let's Get Away From It All" on the plectrum banjo (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com