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Wabash Blues

Words by Dave Ringle, Music by Fred Meinken - 1921

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Bb    Bb+   Gm   Bb+	Bb    Bb+   Gm   Bb+	C7        F7	Bb
-             D7	Gm         Bb	C7	F7
Bb	Bb7	Eb	F#7
Bb  Edim      F7	Bb               G7	C7        F7	Bb7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Bb7	-	Eb	-                 Edim
Bb7	-	Eb	-                 Eb7
Ab	-	Eb	-
B7	-	Bb7	-
-	-	Eb	-                 Edim
Bb7	-	Eb	-                 Eb7
Ab	-	Eb	-                 Edim
Bb7	-	Eb	-  (end after repeat)
Patter:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Bb        D7	Gm        Bb	F#        Db7	F#        Db7
C7          Ebm6	C7  Ebm6  F7	Bb        Bb7	Eb         Bb
Bb        D7	Gm        Bb	F#        Db7	F#        Db7
C7          Ebm6	C7  Ebm6  F7	Bb        Bb7	Eb   Bb (to chorus)

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

This song is in two keys, Verse is Bb, Chorus is Eb, Patter is Bb.

Play Verse, Chorus, Patter, Chorus.

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Verse:

Near -ly bro -ken heart -ed since the day that I once start -ed from my Wa -bash home,

In -di -an -a's sweet and it's a place that's hard to beat but then I longed to roam,

My old home -stead I now can see, I had a girl was as sweet as could be,

Now ev -'ry day I'm so lone -some it's mis -er -y.

 

Chorus:

Oh, those Wa -bash Blues,

I know I got my dues,

A lone -some soul am I,

I feel that I could die,

Can -dle light that gleams,

Haunts me in my dreams,

I'll pack my walk -ing shoes,

To lose those Wa -bash Blues

 

Patter:

Thru the syc -a -more the can -dle light is shin -ing bright, Mem -'ry brings the scent of new -mown hay to me each night,

I am start -ing for that spot no need to ask me when, I'll be leav -ing hoof -prints tward the old home road a -gain.

Expect to see the moon - shine on the Wa - bash an - y mght, Seems that such a pic - tures bound to turn me to the right
Mak - ing up my mind to see that home so far a- way, But un -til that hap -pens here's the best that I can say:
(back to chorus)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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