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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 |
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D7 |
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G |
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G7 |
- G+ |
C |
- G+ |
A7 |
Em7 A7 |
D7 Am7 |
D7 |
G |
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D7 |
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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 wait -in' till
it's get -tin ag -gra -vat -in', You're a Slow Poke,
- I wait 'n' wor -ry but you
nev -er seem to hur -ry you're a Slow Poke.
- Time means noth -in' to
you, I wait, and then,
- Late a -gain, Eight o' clock,
nine o' clock, quar -ter to ten.
- Why should I lin -ger ev
-'ry time you snap your fin -ger, Lit -tle Slow Poke,
- Why can't you hast -en when
you see the time's a -wast -in; You're a Slow Poke, dear.
- Why should I keep try -in'
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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