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Slow Poke

Words and Music by Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, and Chilton Price - 1951

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1951, played for 16 weeks.

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G	-	D7	-
-	-	G	-
G7	-                G+	C	-              G+
A7	Em7          A7	D7           Am7	D7
G	-	D7	-
-	-	G	G7
C	Cm	G	E7
Am            E7	Am             D7	G	-           (D7  repeat)

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

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You keep me waitin' till it's gettin aggravatin', You're a Slow Poke,

I wait 'n' worry but you never seem to hurry you're a Slow Poke.

Time means nothin' to you, I wait, and then,

Late again, Eight o' clock, nine o' clock, quarter to ten.

Why should I linger ev'ry time you snap your finger, Little Slow Poke,

Why can't you hasten when you see the time's awastin; You're a Slow Poke, dear.

Why should I keep tryin' to change you, it's not the thing to do.

I guess I'll have to learn to be a Slow Poke too!

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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