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Lazy River

Words and Music by Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin - 1951

Verse:
F           Db7  D7	F   Bdim   C7	F           A7	Bb         D7
Gm        D7	Gm	G7        D7   G7	C7         C+
Chorus:
D7	Db7  D7	G7	Em  Ebm  G7
C                   Gm	C7   Db7  C7	G#dim  C7	F
D7	Db7  D7	G7	Em  Ebm  G7
Bb         A#dim	F      E7    D7	G7        C7	F      E7    D7
G7         C7	F   (E7 Eb7 to chorus)	|

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

This song is in the key of F.

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Verse:

I like lazy weather, I like lazy days, Can't be blamed for having lazy ways,

Some old lazy river sleeps beside my door, Whisp'ring to the sunlit shore.

 

Chorus:

Up a lazy river by the old millrun, That lazy lazy river in the noonday sun,

Linger in the shade of a kind old tree Throw away your troubles, dream a dream with me

Up a lazy river where the robin's song awakes a bright new morning, We can loaf along,

Blue skies up above, ev'ry one's in love, Up a lazy river, how happy you can be,

Up a lazy river with me.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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