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Tin Roof Blues

Words by Walter Meirose, Music by Leon Roppolo, Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, George Brunies and Mel Stitzel - 1923

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	C7	F	F7
Bb	Bb7	F	-         Ddim
C7	-	F	F7       C7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	F7	F	F7
Bb7	-	F	D7
G9	-          C7	F	-
-	F7	F	F7
Bb7	-	F	D7
G9	-          C7	F	-  (C7 repeat all)

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

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Verse:

I have seen the bright lights burn - ing up and down old Broad - way.
Seen 'em in gay Ha - van - a, Birm - ing - ham, Al - a - bam - a, and say,

They just can't com - pare with my home town New Or - leans,

 

Chorus:

'Cause there you'll find the old Tin Roof Ca - fe, where they play the blues 'till break of day.

Fas - ci - nat - in' ba - bies hang - in' 'round, danc - in' to the mean - est band in town.
Lawd, how they can play the blues.

And when that lead - er man starts play - in' low, folks get up and stat to walk it slow,
Do a lot of move - ments hard to beat, 'til that old floor - man says move your feet.

Lawd, I've got those tin roof blues.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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