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MY GAL SAL

Lyrics and Music: Paul Dresser - 1905

Verse (4/4):----	------------------	------------------	------------------
Bb	-    Gdim   Bb	-	C7          F7
Bb	-    Gdim   Bb	Dm    A7   F	Gdim       F7
-	Bb  Gdim  Bb	F7	Bb  Gdim  Bb
-              D7	Gm           D7	Eb  Gdim  Bb	C7          F7
Chorus (3/4):---	------------------	------------------	------------------
Bb	Eb          Ebm	Bb	-
Bb	Eb          Ebm	Bb	-
D7	-	Gm	-
C7	-	F7	-
Bb	Eb          Ebm	Bb	-
D7	-	Gm	Bb7
Eb	Bb         Fm6	G7	Cm
C7	F7	Bb	-  (F7 to chorus)

Verse:  8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell.  Chorus (3/4): Play 3 beats for each cell.

Note: In the above arrangement the verse is in 4/4 time and the chorus is in 3/4 time at a faster tempo.

Click here for an alternate arrangement of the chorus in 4/4 time.

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Verse:

Ev -ry -thing is o -ver and I'm feel -ing bad, I lost the best pal that I ev -er had;

'Tis but a fort -night, since she was here, Seems like she's gone though for twen -ty year,

Oh how I miss her my old pal, Oh how I'd kiss her my gal Sal;

Face not so hand -some, but eyes don't you know, That shone just as bright, as they did years a -go.

 

Chorus:

They called her friv -o -lous Sal,

A pe -cu -liar sort of a gal,

With a heart that was mel -low,

An all -'round good fel -low, was my old pal.

Your trou -bles, sor -rows and care,

She was al -ways wil -ling to share;

A wild sort of dev -il, But dead on the lev -el,

Was My Gal Sal.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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