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- (When You And I Were Young)
- Maggie Blues
- Words and Music
by Jack Frost and Jimmy McHugh - 1922
Verse: |
G |
A7 D7 |
G |
- D7 |
G |
A7 D7 |
G |
G7 |
C Am |
E7 |
Am E7 |
Am |
A7 |
- |
D7 |
G7 |
Am E7 |
Am E7 |
Am E7 |
Am |
A7 |
- |
D7 |
- |
Chorus: |
G |
G7 |
C |
C#dim |
G |
- Ddim |
D7 |
- |
G |
G7 |
C |
C#dim |
G |
D7 |
G |
G7 |
C |
- |
G |
- |
D7 |
A7 |
D7 |
- |
G |
G7 |
C |
C#dim |
G |
D7 |
G |
- (D7 to chorus) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
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- Note: This song is two
melodies played together at the same time during the chorus.
- "Maggie Blues"
is the lead melody, "When
You And I Were Young Maggie" is
the counter melody.
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- Maggie Blues - Verse:
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- I've been re - quest - ed
to sing an old time song,
- Some - thing our grand dad
- dies used to sing.
- But I'm a - fraid I would
make that old dit - ty sound all wrong,
- 'Cause I'd fill it with
blues and ev - 'ry thing.
- But l've a lit - tle plan,
And I'll do the best I can,
- To sing an old song so we
all can un - der stand:
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- Maggie Blues - Chorus:
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- You simp - ly take a fav
- or - ite, Then you fla - vor it, with just a note or two of
blue har - mo -ny,
Tell the orch -es - tra to play sta - ca - to, and then you jazz
a lit-tle ob - li - got - to.
Now that Mag -gie tune is a rag-gie tune pay no at-ten-tion to
the mu- sic that they play,
- But just rock your blues
a - way, on the spot start to sway, Get - tin hot now,
- Hear that bro - ken time,
If just spoke in time, all a- round I see Harm - o -ny, charm
- in' me,
- Ev - 'ry lov - in' note,
Is a lov - in' boat, Just full of mus -ic that you can't re -
fuse.
- Now you know the way, tell
the band to play, and when you list-en just chris -ten it and
say
- I've got those you and I
were young Mag - gie blues.
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- When You And I Were Young
Maggie - Chorus:
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- I wan - dered to - day to
the hill, Mag - gie,
- To watch the scene be -
low,
- The creek and the creak
- ing old mill, Mag - gie,
- As we used to long, long
a - go
- The green grove is gone
from the hill, Mag - gie,
- Where once the dai - sies
sprung.
- But I love you the same
as of old, Mag - gie,
- When you and I were young.
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com