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Sweet Violets

(Novelty Song)

Words and Music by Cy Coben and Charles Grean - 1951

Reached # 3 on the Billboard magazine charts.

Verse:
F	-	-	C7
-	-	-	F
-	-	C7	-
-	-	F	-
-	C7	-	-
-	F	-	-
C7	-	-	-
Chorus:
F	Bbm	F	-
-	Bb             F	C7	-
Gm7	C7	Gm7	C7
-	-	F	C7
F	-       (C7 repeat all)	-

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

Note:  This song is in 3/4 waltz time.  Disregard the gray cells.

The rows of words below do not align with the rows of cells above.

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Verse:

There once was a far - mer who took a young miss,
In back of the barn where he gave her a

Lec - ture on hors - es and chick - ens and eggs,

And told her that she had such beaut - i - ful

Man - ners that suit - ed a girl of her charms,

A girl that he want - ed to take in his

Wash - ing and iron - ing and then if she did,

They could get mar - ried and raise lots of

Chorus:

Sweet Vi - o - lets,
Sweet - er than the ros - es.
Cov - ered all ov - er from head to toe,
Cov - ered all ov - er with Sweet Vi - o - lets.
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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