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- AMAPOLA
- Words and Music
by Joseph M. Lacalle - 1924
- Number 1 on the
Hit Parade in 1941, played for 19 weeks.
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| Am |
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E7 |
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Am |
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| Dm7 |
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Am |
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| E |
B7 |
E |
G7 |
| Chorus:--------- |
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| C |
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- B |
G7 |
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C |
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| - |
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| A7 |
Em7 A7 |
Dm |
- A7 |
| - |
Fdim |
C |
D7 |
| G7 |
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C |
- (G7 to chorus) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
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- Verse:
- I dream of a pret -ty brown
-hair'd maid in Spain.
- Who fans all the sparks
of love in -to a flame.
- I wish I could be with her
a -gain.
- In that sun -ny land where
they play love's sweet game.
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- Chorus:
- A -ma -po -la my pret -ty
A -ma -po -la
- You are the sweet -est of
all girls in sun -ny Spain.
- And with you dear be -neath
the skies of blue dear
- A -cross the rumb -ling
o -cean we can both re -main.
- A -ma -po -la my lov -ing
A -ma -po -la
- I'm try -ing to for -get
you but in vain.
- A -ma -po -la A -ma -po
-la
- You're the sweet -est lit
-tle girl in sun -ny Spain.
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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