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Louisiana Fairy Tale

Words and Music by Mitchell Parish, Haven Gillespie and Fred Coots -  1935

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Gm         Eb7  D7	Gm        Cm	Gm        Eb7  D7	Gm       G7
Cm         Ab7 G7	Cm        Fm  D7	Gm        A7	D          F7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Bb	Bb7	Eb	Ebm6
Bb         D7	Gm         Edim	Bb         F7	Bb         F7
Bb	Bb7	Eb	Ebm6
Bb         D7	Gm         Edim	Bb         F7	Bb         Bb7
Eb	Ebm	Bb	G7
C7	Gm7       C7	Gm7      C7	Cm7       F7
Bb	Bb7	Eb	Ebm6
Bb         D7	Gm         Edim	Bb         F7	Bb  (F7 to chorus)

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

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Verse:

Think of us to -geth -er on a night like this, The scent of sweet mag -nol -ia in the air.

Shall we ev -er see an -oth -er sight like this? With Lou' -si -an -a ma -gic ev' -ry where.

 

Chorus:

The dew is hang -ing dia -monds on the clo -ver, The moon is list' -n'ing to the night -in -gale.

And while we're lost in dreams, The world a -round us seems like a Lou' -si -an -a Fair -y Tale.

The breeze is soft -ly sing -ing thru the wil -lows, As hand in hand we stroll a -long the trail.

And love is at its height, en -chant -ing us to -night, Like a Lou' -si -an -a Fair -y Tale.

Is it real, this fas -ci -na -tion? Are my arms hold -ing you fast?

Are we here, on a plan -ta -tion, or can this be hea -ven at last?

Keep dream -ing with your head up -on my shoul -der, And don't a -wake un -til the stars grow pale.

The world is at our feet, the pict -ure is com -plete, Like a Lou' -si -an -a Fair -y Tale.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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