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- Far Away Places
- Words and Music
by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer - 1948
- Number 1 on the
Hit Parade in 1949, played for 19 weeks.
| Chorus:--------- |
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| F |
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| - |
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Gm7 |
C7 |
| F |
F7 |
Bb |
Bbm6 |
| F |
C7 |
F |
Gm7 |
| F |
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- |
- |
| - |
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Gm7 |
C7 |
| F |
F7 |
Bb |
Bbm6 |
| F |
C7 |
F |
F7 |
| Bridge:--------- |
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| Bb |
C |
F |
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| C7 |
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F |
F7 |
| Bb |
C |
F |
D7 |
| G7 |
G9 |
C |
C7 |
| Chorus:--------- |
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| F |
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| - |
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Gm7 |
C7 |
| F |
F7 |
Bb |
Bbm6 |
| F |
C7 |
F |
- (C7 repeat
all) |
- 12-beat intro. Play 3-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- Note: This song is in 3/4 Waltz
Time.
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- Chorus:
- Far A - way Pla - ces With
strange sound - in' names,
Far a - way o - ver the sea.
- Those Far A- way Pla - ces
With the strange sound - in' names,
- Are call - in', call
- in' me.
- Go - in' to Chi - na or
may - be Si - am,
- I wan - na see for my self.
Those Far A- way Pla - ces I've been read - in' a - bout,
- In a book that took from
a shelf .
Bridge:
- I start get - tin' rest
- less when - e - ver I hear,
- The whis - tle of a train.
- I pray for the day I can
get un - der - way,
- And look for those cas -
tles in Spain.
Chorus:
- They call me a dream - er,
Well may - be I am,
- But I know that I'm burn
- in' to see,
- Those Far A- way Pla - ces
With the strange sound - in' names,
- Call - in', call - in' me.
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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