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Doll Dance

Words and Music by Nacio Herb Brown - 1927

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
D	A7	D	A7
D	A7	E7	A7
D	A7	D	A
Gm	D	A7	D            A7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
A7	-	D	-
A7	-	D	-
G           Bb7	D          B7	E7	A7
-	-	-	-
-	-	D	-
D7	-	G	-
-	Bb7	D	B7         E7
A7	-	-	D   (A7 to chorus)

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

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Verse:

I've danced to man -y tunes that peo -ple have raved a -bout, But here's a mel -o -dy that I could -n't do with out.

The one I'm tell -ing you of, can -not be beat, It runs a -round my brain and tick -les my danc -ing feet

It's not a jaz -zy tune, nor is it a sym -pho -ny, Just hear it once or twice I know you'll a -gree,

It's most o -rig -i -nal, It's most un -us -u -al, And just as cute as it can be.

 

Chorus:

What a pe -cul -iar tune, Thrill -ing me night and noon, What a pe -cul -iar tune.

Has such a fun -ny swing, It's such a catch -y thing, Mak -in' me like a loon

It teas -es me, Pleas -es me, It's in the air, It's ev -ry -where,

It's haunt -ing me, taunt -ing me, What a re -frain, play it a -gain,

Mak -in' me want to dance, Mak -in' me want to prance, That mel -o -dy so queer.

Mak -in' me want to twirl, Keep -in' my brain a -whirl Rhyth -m is all I hear.

The Doll Dance is it's name. It's gon -na drive you in -sane,

Such a pe -cul -iar tune, You're gon -na hum it soon, What a pe -cul -iar tune.

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Sound Clip:

Listen to Jim play "Doll Dance" on the plectrum banjo (373k mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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