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My Walking Stick

Leon Redbone

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{st:Leon Redbone}
DK . ."On The Track". 1975. Irving Berlin .1938 
C#dim7 played @ "insane" as xx2323, then moved up to 5th fret, then 8th;;
 D7 played as a C7 on 3rd fret w/o 1st string
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INTRO
[Gm] [Cm] [Gm] [D7] [Gm]    [Gm] [Cm] [Gm] [D7] [Gm]
[Gm]  [C#dim7] [C#dim7][C#dim7]  [D7]  [Gm] 
[Gm]  [C#dim7] [C#dim7][C#dim7]  [D7]  [Gm]
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VERSE  1
(N.C.) Without my [Gm]walking stick, I'd go [C#dim7]insa[C#dim7]ne[C#dim7]
I can't [D7]look my best I feel undressed without my [Gm]cane.
Must have my walking stick, 'cause it may [C#dim7]ra[C#dim7]in[C#dim7]
When it [D7]pours can't be outdoors without my [Gm]cane.
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CHORUS 1
If I [Cm]ever left my house, without my walking stick,
Well it [Gm]would be something, [A]I could never ex[D7]plain;
[Gm]Oh the thing that makes me click, on lovers [C#dim7]la[C#dim7]ne,[C#dim7]
Would go for [D7]naught if I were caught without my [Gm]cane.
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SCAT SINGING
[Gm]Be-bop-bop-de-la-dum; Be-bop-a-da-[D7]bum
Re-bop-be-ay; Rop-a-de-bop
Rump-a-de-dum; Ra-da-da-[Gm]day

Re-bop-bop-la-da-dum; Re-bop-be-de-[D7]ay
Rop-a-de-bum; Rop-a-de-bum
Deet-de-de-day; Ra-da-da-[Gm]dum
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TRUMPET SOLO
[Gm]  [C#dim7] [C#dim7][C#dim7]  [D7]  [Gm]
CHORUS 2 (As chorus 1)
If I [Cm]ever left my house, without my walking stick,
Well it [Gm]would be something, [A]I could never ex[D7]plain;
[Gm]Oh the thing that makes me click, on lovers [C#dim7]la[C#dim7]ne,[C#dim7]
Would go for [D7]naught if I were caught without my [Gm]cane.
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SOLO
[Gm] [Cm] [Gm] [D7] [Gm]    [Gm] [Cm] [Gm] [D7] [Gm]
THEN STRUM ONCE; D7 / GM END

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My Walking Stick

Leon Redbone