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Mood Indigo

Words and Music by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Albany Bigard - 1931

Verse:
Ab	Bb7	Ebm              Eb7	Ab
-	Bb9	E7                Bm7     E7	Eb7          Bbm    Eb7
Ab7         Abdim    Gdim	Ab7          B7     Ab7	Db6	Gb7          Eb+
Ab	Bb9	Ebm              Eb7	Ab
Chorus:
Ab	Bb7	Eb7     Db     Eb7	Ab            Eb7
Ab	Bb7	-                    E7	Eb7
Ab7	-	Db                Db7	-               Eb7
Ab	Bb7	Eb7     Db     Eb7	Ab   (Eb7 to chorus)

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

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Verse:

You ain't been blue, No, No, No,

You ain't been blue, Till you've had that Mood Indigo,

That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes,

While I sit and sigh: "Go 'long, blues."

 

Chorus:

Always get that Mood Indigo, Since my baby said goodbye,

In the evenin' when lights are low, I'm so lonesome I could cry,

'Cause there's nobody who cares about me, I'm just a soul who's bluer than blue can be,

When I get that Mood Indigo, I could lay me down and die.

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Listen to the Sacramento Banjo Band perform "Mood Indigo" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com