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A BANJO SONG

Words by Howard Weeden, Music by Sidney Homer - 1910

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G	D7	G	D7
B7	Em	A7	D9
G	D7	G	D7
E7	Am7	A7	D9
G	D7	G	D7
B7	Em	A7	D9
G	-	E7	Am7
A7	D7	G	D7
G	D7	G	-   (D7  repeat)

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

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I plays de ban -jo bet -ter now Dan him dat taught me do,

Be -case he plays for all de worl', An' I jes' plays for you.

He learns his chunes I jes' lets down A ban -jo -string or two

In -to de deep -est of my heart, An' draws up chunes for you.

Slow -ly dey comes swing -in' up, A -quiv' -rin' through an through,

Till wid a rush of tin -glin' notes Dey reach -es light an' you.

I nev -er knows if dey will shine Wet wid tears or dew;

I on -ly knows dat, dew or tears, Dey shine be -case of you,

Dey shine be -case of you, of you.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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