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Tie A Yellow Ribbon

'Round The Ole Oak Tree

Words and Music by Irwin Levine and I. Russell Brown - 1972

Intro:
F	-	Am	-
Gm	-	C7	-
Verse:
F	-	Am	-
Cm	D7	Gm	-
-	Bbm	Dm	-
G7	-	Bbm6	C7
Bbm6	-	C7	-
Chorus:
F	-	Am	-
Cm	-	D7	Gm
-	Bbm	F               A7	Dm
F	F+	Dm	D7
Gm	Bbm	Gm7	C7
First Ending:
F	Dm	Gm	C7    (return to verse)
Second Ending:
F	-	Gm	Bbm
F	D7	Gm	Bbm
Gm7	C7	F	-          (End)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Intro:

(Instrumental, no lyrics)

 

Verse:

I'm comin' home,  I've done my time,

Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine.
If you received my letter tellin' you I'd soon be free,
Then you'll know just what to do, if you still want me.
If you still want me.

 

Chorus:

Tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree,

It's been three long years do you still want me?

If I don't see a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree,

I'll stay on the bus, forget about us, put the blame on me,

If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree.

 

First Ending:

(Instrumental, no lyrics)

(Return to Verse)

 

Second Ending:

Now the whole damn bus is cheering,

And I can't believe I see, a hundred yellow ribbons,

'Round the ole oak tree.

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Watch Jim play "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree" (youtube)

 

Listen to the WineLand Banjo Band perform "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree" (mp3)

Vocal by Randi Shore

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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