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Swingin' Down The Lane

Words by Gus Kahn, Music by Isham Jones - 1923

Verse:
G	-                  F7	Em	E7
A7	Cm              D7	G	-                 D7
G	-                  F7	Em	E7
A7	-	D	D7
Chorus:
G                G+	G                 A7	-	-
D7	Am7            D7	G	-                 Dm
E7	-	A7	-
-	-	D7	-
G                G+	G                 A7	-	-
D7	Am7            D7	G	-
E7	-	B7	Em
D7	-	G	-       (D7 to chorus)

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

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Verse:
There's a nightingale callin', Out where moonbeams are fallin',
He's makin' love to a red, red rose.

I wander down the lane where we started, Lovers lane where we parted,
I'm so unhappy, but no one knows.

 

Chorus:

Ev'rybody hand in hand, Swingin down the lane,

Ev'rybody feelin' grand, Swingin down the lane,

That's the time I miss the bliss, That we might have known,
Nights like this, When I'm all alone.

When the moon is on the rise, honey I'm so blue,

Watchin' lovers makin' eyes, Like we used to do,

When the moon is on the wane, Still I'm waitin' all in vain,

Should be swingin' down the lane with you.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to the Banjo Rhythm Kings perform "Swingin' Down The Lane" (mp3)

 

Listen to Roy Smeck perform "Swingin' Down The Lane" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com