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Mood Indigo
Words and Music by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Albany Bigard - 1931
 Verse:
Ab Bb7 Ebm              Eb7 Ab
- Bb9 E7                Bm7     E7   Eb7          Bbm    Eb7    
Ab7         Abdim    Gdim  Ab7          B7     Ab7    Db6 Gb7          Eb+
Ab Bb9 Ebm              Eb7 Ab
 Chorus:
Ab Bb7 Eb7     Db     Eb7 Ab            Eb7
Ab Bb7 -                    E7 Eb7
Ab7 - Db                Db7 -               Eb7
Ab Bb7 Eb7     Db     Eb7 Ab   (Eb7 to chorus)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Verse:
You ain't been blue, No, No, No,
You ain't been blue, Till you've had that Mood Indigo,
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes,
While I sit and sigh: "Go 'long, blues."
 
Chorus:
Always get that Mood Indigo, Since my baby said goodbye,
In the evenin' when lights are low, I'm so lonesome I could cry,
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me, I'm just a soul who's bluer than blue can be,
When I get that Mood Indigo, I could lay me down and die.
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Listen to Sacramento Banjo Band perform "Mood Indigo" (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com