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Dickey Lee - Patches |
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| Ab7(--4544)(sust.) C# F# C# Down by the river that flows by the coalyards C# F# G# Stand wooden houses with shutters torn down C# Fm F# C# There lives a girl everybody calls Patches C# G#7 C# A7 Patches my darling of old Shantytown D D/F# G D /A/B/C# We planned to marry when June brought the summer D G A /A /B /C# I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride D F#m G D /A/B/C# Now I don't see how that ever can happen D A7 D My folks say no and my heart breaks inside D A7 /G# G Em7 D Patches, oh what can I do . . . I swear I'll always love you G D Bm But a girl from that place will just bring me disgrace D A7 D Bb7 So my folks won't let me love you |
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Eb Each night I cry as I think of that shanty Eb Ab Bb And pretty Patches there watching the door Eb Gm Ab Eb /Bb She doesn't know that I can't come to see her Eb Bb7 Eb B7 Patches must think that I love her no more E /E /F# /G# A E I hear a neighbor telling my father E /E /F# /G# A B He says a girl name of Patches was found E G#m A E Floating face down in that dirty old river E B7 E That flows by the coalyards in old Shantytown E B /Bb A F#m7 E Patches, oh what can I do . . . I swear I'll always love you /E/F#/G#/A A E C#m(sust.) It may not be right but I'll join you tonight E(stac.) B7(sust.) E(sust.) Patches, I'm comin' to you ---------------------------------- Written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber. JC Setlist || Tunelist Em7 and F#m7 on refrains not in the original. |
Dickey Lee - Patches Remastered (YT)
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