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Shaking The Blues Away

Words and Music by Irving Berlin - Copyright 1927

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	Bb7	F	F7
Bb	Bb7        C7	F	-
F	Bb7	F	-
C	D7          G7	C7	Cdim       C7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	-	C7	-
-	-	F         Eb	Db7       C7
F	-	C7	-
-	-	F	-             Bb7
A7	-	D7	-
G7	-	C7	C+7
F	-	C7	-
-	-	F	-      (C7 repeat)

8-beat intro with two lead-in notes.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

There's an old su-per-sti-tion 'way down south, Ev-'ry bod - y be - lieves that troub - le won't stay,

If you shake it a - way.

When they hold a re - vi - val, way down south, Ev - 'ry bod - y with care and troub - le, that day,

Tries to shake it a - way.

 

Chorus:

Shak -ing the blues a -way.  Un -hap -py news a -way.

If you are blue it's eas -y to shake off your cares and troub -les.

Tel -ling the blues to go.  They may re -fuse to go,

But as a rule they'll go if you'll shake them a -way.

Do like the voo -doos do,  List' -ning to a voo-doo mel -o -dy,

They shake their bod -ies so, to and fro with ev -ry shake a luck -y break.

Prov -ing that there's a way.  To chase your cares a -way.

If you would lose your wear -y blues, shake them a -way.

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Sound Clip:

Listen to the Oakland Banjo Band play "Shaking The Blues Away" (409k mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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