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6 Not actually a 20's piece, but sounds like one San rancisco Bay Blues by Jesse uller CJHKNQL C Cmaj7 C7 Riff: walk down A Strum: D DUDUDU C,, C, C7,,, C, C7,,, (riff) A7, D, D, G7, G7 Verse C C C7 I got the blues from my baby livin by the San rancisco Bay C C7 The o-cean liner s gone so far a-way C A7 I didn't mean to treat her so bad, she was the best girl I ever had D7 G7 Said goodbye, she like to make me cry, wanna lay down and die C C C7 I haven t got a nickel and I ain't got a lousy dime E7 She don't come back, think I'm gonna lose my mind C Cmaj7 C7 A7 If she ever comes back to stay, it's gonna be another brand new day D7 G7 C G7 Walkin with my baby down by the San rancisco Bay Instrumental: repeat verse 1 with kazoo Verse C C C Sittin down looking from my back door, wonderin which way to go C Woman I'm so crazy about...she don't love me no more C A7 Think I'll catch me a freight train...cuz I'm feel-in blue D7 G7 Ride all the way to the end of the line...thinkin only of you C C C Meanwhile livin in the city...just about to go in- sane E7 Since my baby left me, I wish she would call my name C Cmaj7 C7 A7 If she ever comes back to stay...its gonna be another brand new day D7 G7 C A7 Walkin with my baby down by the San rancisco Bay, D7 G7 C A7 Walkin with my baby down by the San rancisco Bay hey, hey, hey D7 G7 C / C/ Yeah walkin with my baby down by the San rancisco Bay San Jose Ukulele Club

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16 VARSITY DRAG G7 We've al -ways thought, know -ledge is naught; We should be taught to dance. Cm Right here at Tait, We're up to date; We teach a great new dance. D7 Eb7 E7 7 (move chord shake up) Don't think that I brag. I speak of the Drag. G7 Why should a Shiek learn how to speak Lat -in or Greek bad -ly? Cm Give him a neat mot -to com -plete, "Say it with feet glad -ly!" D7 Eb7 D7 Eb irst les -son right now; You'll love it and how you'll love it! Chorus: G G7 C Cm Here is the Drag, See how it goes. Down on the heels, up on the toes. G Gdim(3) D7 That's the way to do the Var -si -ty Drag. G G7 C Cm Hot -ter than hot, New -er than new. Mean -er than mean, Blu -er than blue. G Gdim (3) D7 G #7 Gets as much ap -plause as wav -ing the lag. B Em B Em B D7 You can pass man -y a class, wheth -er your dumb or wise. G Cm G C G D7 If you all an -swer the call, when your pro -fess -or cries: Ev -'ry -bo -dy G G7 C Cm Down on the heels, up on the toes, Stay af -ter school, Learn how it goes. G Gdim D7 G Ev -'ry -bo -dy do the Var -si -ty Drag.

17 NEVER SWAT A LY Play along: (Billy "Uke" Carpent er) Bb7 D7 Love has made me tender, I now appreci-ate D7 Gm C7 C7 Every little creature on this earth that has a mate. Bb7 D7 Once I hated crickets, I couldn't stand a bee. G7 C G7 C7 C+7 Now here is a motto that I follow faithful-ly: Eb7----D7 Never swat a fly, he may love an-other fly Gm C#7---- C7 C7 C7 He may sit with her and sigh the way I do with you Eb7---- D7 Never harm a flea, he may have a favorite she \ Gm C#7----C7 C7 C7 That he bounces on his knee the way I do with you Bb #dim (1) Never stop a bee if he is going anywhere G7 C7 Or you may be concluding some terrific love affair... be careful Eb7----D7 Don't step on an ant in the middle of a pant Gm C#7----C7 C7 C7 He may want to, but he can't the way I do with you! Eb7----D7 Never swat a fly, he may love an-other fly Gm C#7----C7 C7 C7 He may sit with her and sigh the way I do with you Eb7----D7 Never spray a nit with a great big can of lit Gm C#7----C7 C7 C7 He may think some nit has it the way I do with you Bb #dim (1) Never stop a moth when he is gliding through the air G7 C7 He may have a date in someone's flannel underwear...be careful Eb7----D7 Don't you dare to slay two mosquitos while they play Gm C# C7 C7 They may want to make hey, hey the way I do with you

18 SINGING IN THE BATHTUB Db7 Singing in the bathtub, sitting all alone C7 Eb7---- Db7---- C Tearing out a tonsil just like a baritone Db7 Never take a shower, it's an awful pain C7 G--- Ab----A Singing in the shower's like singing in the rain QirHfY A E7 G7 C Oh there's dirt to be abolished, but don't forget one thing A E7 D7 G7 C C7 While the body's washed and polished, sing, brother, sing! Db7 You can yodel opera even while you scrub C7 Eb-- Db7- -- C7 Everybody's happy when singing in the tub (INSTRUMENTAL) Db7 Singing in the bathtub, happy once again, C7 Eb7---- Db7---- C7 Watching all my troubles go swimming down the drain Db7 Singing through the soapsuds, life is full of hope C7 G-- - Ab----A You can sing with feeling while feeling for the soap A E7 G7 C Oh a ring around the bathtub isn't so nice to see A E7 D7 G7 C C7 But a ring around the bathtub is a rainbow to me Db7 Reaching for a towel, ready for a rub, C7 Eb-- Db7- -- C7 Everybody's happy when singing in the tub awgy (R. Crumb)

19 Ill SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS tro.. Bb//// Bbm//// //// D7 G7 //// C7//// //// C7 C7 sten to me, honey dear.something's wrong with you I fear 7 G7 C7 s getting harder to please you Harder and harder each year C7 A7 Dm don't want to make you blue..but you need a talking to 7 C7 ke a lot of people I know Here's what's wrong with you Refrain:] C7 fter you get what you want.you don't want it C7 I gave you the moon, you'd grow tired of it soon C6 C7 ou're like a baby C7 Dm ou want what you want when you want it G7 ut after you are presented C7 With what you want.. you're discontented C7 ou're always wishing and wanting for something C7 When you get what you want.you don't want what you get Bb Bbm nd tho' I sit upon your knee G7 ou'll grow tired of me-- 7 C7 Cause after you get what you want G C7 ou don't want what you wanted at all 2nd verse:] C7 C7 on't you say that I'm unkind.think it over and you'll find 7 G7 C7 ou've got a changeable nature..you're always changing your mind C7 A7 Dm here's a longing in your eye.that is hard to satisfy 7 C7 ou're unhappy most of the time.here's the reason why REPEAT RERAIN

20 "IVE OOT TWO, EYES O BLUE" e Verse 1: [C]ive foot two, [E7]eyes of blue...but [A7]oh! what those five foot could do, Has [D7]anybody [G7]seen my [C]girl? [C]Turned up nose, [E7]turned down hose..[a7]never had no other beaus. Has [D7]anybody [G7]seen my [C]girl? Now if you [E7]run into a five foot two, [A7]covered in fur, D7]Diamond rings and all those things, [G7]Betcha' life it [D7]isn't [G7]her, [Gaug]But... [C]Could she love, [E7]could she woo? [A7]Could she, could she, could she coo? Has [D7]anybody [G7]seen my [C]girl? NOBODY'S SWEETHEART NOW Cm D7 You're No -bod -y's Sweet -heart now. G7 They don't bab -y you some -how, C7 Dm an -cy hose, sil -ken gown G7 C7 You'd be out of place in your own home town, Cm D7 When you walk down the ave -e -nue, G7 I just can't be -lieve that it's you. Bb Bbm Paint -ed lips, Paint -ed eyes, D7 G7 C7 Wear -ing a Bird of Par -a -dise. Cm D7 It all seems wrong some -how, Gm Am C C7 That you're No -bod -y's Sweet -heart now.

21 SOMEBODY STOLE MY GAL C Adim (2) G7 Some -bod -y stole my gal G7+ C Some -bod -y stole my pal A7 D7 Some -bod -y came and took her a -way G7 G7+ She did -n't e -ven say she was leav -in'; C Adim (2) G7 The kiss -es I loved so E7 He's get -ting now I know G7 C C7 And Gee! I know that she Would come to me m If she could seec C D7 Her bro -ken heart -ed lone -some pal G7 C G7 Some -bod -y stole my gal.

22 THE CLOUDS WILL SOON ROLL BY INTRO: C Ebdim G7 C D7 G7 Night seems darkest..just before the dawn.. just as the day breaks near C G D7 G7 Soon we'll see sunny skies... It's time to dry your tears VERSE: C C7 C Somewhere the sun is shining. So Honey don't you cry C B Bb A (Now don't you cry) A D7 G7 C G+ We'll find a silver lining The clouds will soon roll by C C7 C B C7 I hear a robin singing. (A robin... ) C C B Bb A Sings Upon a treetop high (A tree top high) A D7 G7 C C7 To you and me he's singing The clouds will soon roll by BRIDGE C G7 C C7 Each little tear and sorrow only brings you closer to me C A7 D7 G7 Just wait until tomorrow. What a happy day that will be C C7 C B C7 Down lover's lane together. (Down lover's ) C C B Bb A Lane We'll wander you an I (Just you and I) A D7 G7 C C7 Goodbye to stormy weather The clouds will soon roll by BACK TO BRIDGE.. END A D7 G7 C G7 C Goodbye to stormy weather The clouds will soon roll by

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