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Moonlight On The Ganges

Words by Chester Wallace, Music by Sherman Myers - 1926

Verse:
Dm         C	Dm         C	Dm         Am	Dm         Em
Dm         C	Dm         C	Dm	-
A            Gm	A            Gm	A            Gm	A            Gm
A            Gm	A            Gm	A	-
Dm         Gm7	C7          F	Bb         Bbdim	F
Gm7       C7	F            Dm	A           E7	A
A	-	Bb7       B7	C7         Db7
Chorus:
C7         F#m6	B7         Fm6	Ebm6     Dm6	D+         C+
F6          Fmaj7	-            F7	F6	-
Gm7       Bb	-	Am	-           Dbdim
Dm	G7	C7	-
Gm6       F#m6	B6         Fm6	Ebm6     Dm6	Db+         C+
F	-            F+	Bb6        F+	Bb6
Dm6    Bbdim	-            F	C7          D	D7        Ddim
Gm7	C7	F            (Bb7	A7   Ab7 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:

Dew drops glistening, no one listening,  By the Ganges some one whispering,

To a Hindoo maid:

"Though tomorrow, dear, you will yearn,  Don't you sorrow, dear,  I'll return,

To my Hindoo maid."

Melody bells of love ring out 'Neath the mellow moon,

Melody bells that try to tell you I'm returning soon,  

In the mellow...

 

Chorus:

Moonlight on the Ganges,

My little Hindoo,

When I whisper'd Love's sweet melody,

All our dreams and our schemes came true.

Someday on the Ganges,

I'll meet you once more,

And I'll kiss you and caress you,

Where the waters kiss the silent shore.

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Listen to Frank Vodich play "Moonlight On The Ganges" on the plectrum banjo (mp3)

 

Listen to Eddie Peabody play "Moonlight On The Ganges" on his Banjoline (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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