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Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again
Music by Larry Shay, Words by Joe Goodwin - 1925
Verse:
G     C     G D7 G -               D+   G
D7 - G          C7 D7
G     C     G D7 G          G+ C        Ebdim  Em
D              Ebdim A7 D7 -
Chorus:
G            F#    G C                  Cm G -        F#   G   C
D7 -     C#7  D7 G -                D7
G            F#    G C                  Cm G -        F#   G   A7
Bm -    A#m  Bm  A7 Bm -        D7
G7 - C -
A7 - D7        C7  C#7 D7
G           F#7   G C                  Cm G -               F#   G
D7        C#7  D7 Am         D7 G -        (D7 to chorus)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Verse:
Like a kid who stays away from school,
I left to roam, played hookey from Home Sweet Home.
I've been like most any other fool,
Who goes away to stray that's why I say:
 
Chorus:
Tie me to your apron strings again,
I know there's room for me upon your knee.
Bring back all those happy hours when,
You kissed my tears away, from day to day.
I thought that I was right, but I was wrong,
Please take me back tonight, where I belong.
Sing a cradle song to me and then,
Won't you tie me to your apron strings again.
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Watch the WineLand Banjo Band perform "Tie Me To Your Apron Strings" (youtube)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com