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TI-O-SAN

Words and Music by Lou Traveller and L. Clair Case - 1920

Verse:
Dm	Gm	Dm	-
Dm	Gm	Dm           A7	Dm
C              C7	Dm7          Dm	C7           Gm7	Dm
F             Am6	Am            Em	D7            Em7	C             C7
Chorus:
Dm	Adim	C7	Cdim
Dm	Adim	C7	Cdim
Bb	Bbm	F	D7
G7	-	C7	-
Dm	Adim	C7	Cdim
Bb	Gm	A	A7
C7	G7	F	D7
G7	C7	F	(C7  to chorus)

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

This song is in the Key of F.

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Verse:

In a garden in Japan, I met a little girl called Ti-O-San.

I learned to love her in an Oriental way, This girl from old Japan.

In this garden by the yellow sea, I can see her sipping tea,

And know she's waiting patiently for me, This pretty little Japanee.

 

Chorus:

Ti-O-San

Of Japan.

My heart is calling,

Night and day.

Southern seas,

Bring memories.

I'm going back to my,

Ti-O-San.

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Watch Brad Roth perform "Ti-O-San" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com