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Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

Words and Music by Henry Creamer and Turner Layton - 1922

Verse:
F	C7	-	F
Dm	A7	-	Dm
F	Bb	F	G7            C7
F	Bb             D7	G7	C7
Chorus:
C7	Gm7          C7	F	-
F	C7            Cdim	C7            C+7	F             F#dim
C7	Gm7          C7	F	-
F7	-	Bb             F+7	Bb
G7	-	C7            Cdim	C7
F	Ddim	F	Db7
F              F#dim	C7	F	-       (C7 to chorus)

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

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Verse:

Guess! Where do you think I'm goin' when the winds start blowin' strong?
Guess! Where do you think I'm goin' when the nights start growin' long?
I ain't goin' East, I ain't goin' West, I ain't goin' over the cuckoo's nest.
I'm bound for the town that I love best, Where life is one sweet song.

 

Chorus:

Way down yonder in New Orleans, in the land of dreamy scenes,
There's a garden of Eden, that's what I mean.
Creole babies with flashing eyes, softly whisper with tender sighs,
Stop! Oh, won't you give your lady fair a little smile?
Stop! You bet your life you'll linger there a little while.
There is heaven right here on Earth with those beautiful queens,
Way down yonder in New Orleans.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to Buck Kelly perform "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com