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.
Friday, June 15, 2012
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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