Friday, June 15, 2012

So Relax...

So Relax

Nice easy going song: So Relax. Performed by Leon Redbone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Redbone
He's been around forever, and recently performed  "Baby, It's Cold Outside" with Zooey Deschanel for the closing credits of Elf (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_0D0Jqlfc)

Here's this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9XHmcFRNbU

F          Dm   C7

F                                  A7
Any time you choose, kick off your shoes,
F                                         F9                         D7
Rest your weary eyes and catch up with the news;
   Bb                         G7           F                C7    
A favorite book will be the perfect company
     F     Dm7   Bb   C7
So relax.

F                           F7                    A7
Forget about the blues -- you're doin' fine.
F                                 F7          D7
Leave your cares and worries far behind,
Bb                      G7             F               C7
Loosen up your tie, let the world speed by,
F          Dm   C7
Relax.

(Bridge:)

Am7                                   D7
Life, with all its troubles, starts to get you down?
Bb
Laugh, and kick your heels up
        C7            D7 G7    C7
And turn yourself  a - round.

F                                  A7
Any time you choose, kick off your shoes,
F                          F7            D7
Rest your weary eyes and catch up with the news;
 Bb                            G7      F                C7
A favorite book will be the perfect company
        F   Dm7  Bb   C7    F
So relax.

Play verse without singing then repeat bridge and first verse. And Relax.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Dinah, is there anything finah?


Dinah!

Dates back to 1923, introduced by Eddie Cantor in Kid Boots. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_(song))
Here's the Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00CN3zdLYv4
I've it in the key of G, So here's the Revellers doing their version in that key (I think) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MOkCWla_ao
Chord charts here: http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/chords/chords-uke-c-ds.htm
Strum it in a chickaboom, syncopated rhythm: one TWO three FOUR, or one AND two AND three AND four if you prefer. Nice and fast. Easier to get the rhythm here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY_tyxMnvHU

G            D7
Carolina gave me Dinah,
 G   E7   A7                                      D7
I'm the proudest one beneath the Dixie sun,
 G                           Bm      E7
News is spreadin' 'bout a weddin'.
D  Bm  Em                          A7                            D7
I hear church bells ringin', Here's the song my heart keeps sing-in':

G                                   G#dim                          Am
Dinah, is there anyone finer in the state of Carolina,
D7                           G    G#dim   Am               D7
If there is and you know her---, show her to me?
G                                         G#dim                      
Dinah, with her Dixie eyes blazin',
                                    Am  D7                                G
How I love to sit and gaze into the eyes of Dinah Lee.

Em                Eb+         Em7
Every night, why do I shake with fright?
Em6              Em                 A7                                 D7    D#7  D7
Because my Dinah might change her mind about me.
G                                        G#dim                                                                
Dinah, if she wandered to China,
                                   Am     D7                              G  C7  G
I would hop an ocean liner, just to be with Dinah Lee.

Play kazoo or hum Dinah, is there anything finer etc, then sing verses again.


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