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Missouri Waltz

Music by Frederick Knight Logan / Lyrics by James Royce Shannon - 1916

Part 1:
F	C7	F	-
-	C7	F	-
Bb	-	F	-
G7	-	C7	-
F	C7	F	-
-	C7	F	-
Bb	Bdim	F	-
G7	C7	F	- (end after repeat)
Part 2:
Dm	-	-	-
Cm	-	A7	Dm
-	-	-	-
-	A7	Dm	-
- (Interlude)	-	-	-
- (Interlude)	A7	Dm	-
Dm	A7	Dm	A7
Dm	A7	Dm	-
Bb	-	F	-
G7	C7	F	-  (repeat part 1)

6-beat intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

This song is in 3/4 waltz time.

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Part 1:

Hush -a -bye, ma ba -by, slum -ber -time is com -in' soon;

Rest yo' head up -on my breast while Mom -my hums a tune;

The sand -man is call -in' where shad -ows are fall -in',

While the soft breez -es sigh as in days long gone by.

'Way down in Mis -sou -ri where I heard this mel -o -dy,

When I was a lit -tle child on my Mom -my's knee;

The old folks were hum -min; Their ban -jos were strum -min'

So sweet and low.

 

Part 2:

Strum, strum, strum, strum, strum,

Seems I hear those ban -jos play -in' once a -gain,

Hum, hum, hum, hum, hum,

That same old plain -tive strain.

(Interlude, no lyrics)

(Interlude, no lyrics)

Hear that mourn -ful mel -o -dy,

It just haunts you the whole day long,

And you wan -der in dreams back to Dix -ie, it seems,

When you hear that old -time song.

 

Part 1 (repeat):

Hush -a -bye, ma ba -by, go to sleep on Mom -my's knee,

Jour -ney back to Dix -ie -land in dreams a -gain with me;

It seems like your Mom -my is there once a -gain,

And the old folks were strum -min' that same old re -frain.

'Way down in Mis -sou -ri where I learned this lul -la -by,

When the stars were blink -in' and the moon was climb -in' high,

Seems I hear voic -es low, as in days long a -go

Sing -in' hush -a -bye.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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