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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