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Paddlin' Madelin' Home

Words and Music by Harry Woods - 1925

Verse:
F     C     Cdim    C	G7	-	C
-	Cdim	Dm7	-              G7
F     C     Cdim    C	G7	-	Am          A7
G              D7	G             D7	-	G7
Chorus:
C               G+	-	C	-
D7           Ddim	-	D7	-
G7	-               G+	C	Am        A7
D7	-	G7	-
C               G+	-	C	-
D7           Ddim	-	D7	-
C	Em	Am          Am7	D          Fm6
C             Cdim	G7            G+	C              C7	A7
D7            G9	-                G+	C	-  (G7  to chorus)

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

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Verse:

I love a girl named Madelin',  I know she loves me, too.

For ev'ry night the moon is bright She rides in my canoe.

At midnight on the river,  I heard her father call.

But she don't care and I don't care,  If we get back at all.

 

Chorus:

'Cause when I'm Paddlin' Madelin' Home,

Gee! when I'm Paddlin' Madelin' Home.

First I drift with the tide,  Then pull for the shore,

I hug her and kiss her and paddle some more.

Then I keep Paddlin' Madelin' Home,

Until I find a spot where we're alone.

Oh! she never says 'no',  So I kiss her and go,

Paddlin' Madelin',  Sweet sweet Madelin',

Paddlin' Madelin' Home.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to Eddie Peabody perform "Paddlin' Madelin' Home" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com