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I Wish't I Was In

PEORIA

Words by Billy Rose and Mort Dixon, Music by Harry Woods - 1925

Verse:
Em	-	-	B7
Am	Em	Am              B7	Em
-	-	-	B7
G               G+	Em             Em7	A7               D7	G7      (No Chord)
Chorus:
C	F	C	-
G7	-	C	G7
C	F	C	-                F
G7	-	C	F
-	Fm	C	C7
F	Fm	C	G7
C	F               G7	C	-                 F
G7	-                G6	C	-      (B7 repeat all)

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

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Verse:

S. O. S., S. O. S., Captain we are lost!
Our ship is sinking in the sea, by wind and wave we're tossed,
Lifeboats here, lifeboats there, Hear those shrieks and moans,
The captain calls, "All hands on deck," and says in trembling tones:

 

Chorus:

"Oh, how I wish't I was in Peoria,

Peoria tonight.
Oh, how I miss those girls in Peoria,

Peoria, tonight.
Oh, you can pick a morning gloria,

Right off the sidewalks of Peoria.
Oh, how I wish't I was in Peoria,

Peoria tonight."

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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