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Rockin'Chair
Words and Music by Hoagy Carmichael  -  1930
 Chorus:
Eb Eb9 Ab Abm
Eb C+7              C7  F7                F7b5 Bb7
Eb Cm D7 Gm
Cm7 F7 Fm7    B7     Bb7 Eb
Ab9 - Eb -
Cm           D7      Gm              Cm F7 Bb7
Eb Eb9 Ab Abm
Eb F7              Emaj7 Eb -           (Bb7 repeat)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Old rockin' chair's got me,  Cane by my side,
Fetch me that gin, son, 'fore I tan your hide,
Can't get from this cabin, goin' nowhere,
Just sit me here grabbin' at the flies 'round this rockin' chair.
My dear old Aunt Harriet,  In heaven she be,
Send me sweet charriot,  For the end of the trouble I see,
Old rockin' chair's gets it,  Judgement day is here,
Chained to my rockin' chair.
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Listen to Dick and Helen Martin perform "Rockin' Chair" (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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