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- Elmer's Tune
- Words and Music
by Dick Jurgens, Sammy Gallop and Elmer Albrecht - 1941
- Number 1 on the
Hit Parade in 1943, played for 15 weeks.
| Verse:----------- |
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| C Edim |
Dm G7 |
C Ab9 |
G7 |
| C |
Dm E7 |
Am7 D7 |
G9 |
| Chorus:--------- |
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| G7 |
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F C |
Dm7 C |
| G7 |
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D7 G9 |
C |
| G7 |
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F C |
Dm7 C |
| G7 |
- |
D7 G9 |
C C7 |
| F |
C |
F |
C |
| D7 |
- |
G7 |
- |
| G7 |
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F C |
Dm7 C |
| G7 |
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D7 G7 |
C (G7
to chorus) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- Note: This song is in the key
of C, however the chorus starts with a G7 chord.
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- Verse:
- El -mer de- cid -ed that
he would write a lit-tle mel -o - dy;
- Yes sir, he fin - ished
it soon, and now they're sing - in' El - mer's Tune.
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- Chorus:
- Why are the stars al - ways
wink - in' and blink-in' a- bove? What makes a fel - low
start think -in' of fall-in' in love?
- It's not the sea - son,
the rea - son is plain as the moon, It's just El - mer's
Tune.
- What makes a la-dy of eight-y
go out on the loose? Why does a gan-der me-an-der in search
of a goose?
- What puts the kick in a
chick - en, the mag - ic in June? It's just El - mer's
Tune.
- Lis - ten, lis - ten, there's
a lot you're li - ble to be miss - in;
- Sing it, swing it, an -
y old way and an - y old time.
- The hur - dy gur- dies,
the bird -ies, the cop on the beat; The can-dy mak -er,
the bak-er, the man on the street;
- The cit -y charm - er, the
farm - er, the man in the moon, All sing El - mer's Tune.
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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