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April Showers

Words by B.G. DeSylva, Music by Louis Silvers - 1921

Verse:
G              Am7	Bm             D7	G                Gmaj7	D7
G              Am7	Bm             D7	G	-
Bm            Em6	Bm          F#7b9	Bm	E7
D	A7	D7     Am      D7      Am	D7
Chorus:
D7	-	G	-
D7	-	G	-
E7	-	Am	-
Em6	-	D7     C#        Am     Ddim	D7
-	-	G	-
E7	-	Am	-
-	Cm6	G	A7
Am            Am7	D7	G	-            (D7 to chorus)

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

The Chorus is in the key of G but starts on a D7 chord.

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Verse:

Life is not a high -way strewn with flow -ers,

Still it holds a good -ly share of bliss,

When the sun gives way to A -pril show -ers,

Here's the point that you should nev -er miss.

 

Chorus:

Though A -pril Show -ers may come your way,

They bring the flow -ers, that bloom in May,

So if it's rain -ing, have no re -grets

Be -cause it is -n't rain -ing rain you know, (It's rain -ing vi -o -lets,)

And where you see clouds, up -on the hills,

You soon will see crowds, of daf -fo -dils,

So keep on look -ing for a blue -bird And list' -ning for his song,

When ev -er A -pril Show -ers come a long.

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Listen to Jim and the WineLand Banjo Band play "April Showers" (Youtube)

 

Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com