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- OAKLAND
- Composer and Copyright
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Verse: |
C |
E7 |
F |
C A7 |
Dm7 |
G7 |
C Cdim |
G7 Gdim |
G7 |
- |
C E7 |
A7 |
D7 |
- |
G7 D7 G7 Cdim |
G7 |
C |
E7 |
F |
C A7 |
D7 |
A7 D7 |
G7 Gdim |
G7 Cdim |
G7 Gdim |
G7 Cdim |
G7 Gdim |
G7 A7 |
D7 |
A7 D7 |
G7 |
C7 |
Chorus: |
F |
D7 |
G7 |
- |
C7 |
F |
G7 |
C7 |
F7 |
Bb |
G7 |
C7 |
F |
D7 |
G7 |
- |
Bb Bbm |
F D7 |
G7 |
C7 |
F |
- D7 |
G7 C7 |
F (C7 to chorus) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- Note: The verse of this
song is in the key of C, the chorus is in the key of F.
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- Verse:
- I am sure that you're a-ware
of fam-ous cit-ies ev-ery where,
- The ones which are ac-claimed
in song and verse.
- There are songs a-bout Chi-ca-go
Lond-on Par-is and St. Paul.
- Buff-a-lo Mi-am-i not to
ment-ion Beav-er Falls.
But Tin Pan All-ey did us wrong be-cause they nev-er wrote a
song
- A-bout the great-est cit-y
of them all.
Please don't go way.... I hope you'll stay....
And hear this song I wrote the oth-er day.
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- Chorus:
- Oak-land's got the Trib-une
Tow-er, Oak-land's got Lake Merr-itt too.
She's got Jack Lon-don Square, the Rai-ders come from there,
The Kai-ser Cen- ter can be seen from ev-ery where.
Now where did all the peo-ple go when Fris-co burned? You know
they came to Oak-land and they nev-er re-turned.
Right out-side the cit-y lim-its, shoots the free-way called
the Nim-itz,
Of all the pret-ty cit-ies she's the lea-dah, and don't for-get
the tube to Al-a-mee-dah,
She's got pride, she's got grace, and oh what a view, Oak-land
we're for you.
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com