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Fats Waller - My Very Good Friend The Milkman

Chord diagram for C
Chord diagram for Am7
Chord diagram for Dm
Chord diagram for G7
Chord diagram for A7
Chord diagram for D7
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         My Very Good Friend the Milkman Johnny Burke / Harold Spina
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Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk
Tuning:EADGBE

Fats Waller sings this sing in C - so just play along.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNL52txAbhw
Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton each play it F - pop your capo on Fret 5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKNH9aAULoA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvENvzUJh6Y

VERSE CHORD SHAPES     CHORUS CHORD SHAPES
   C Am7 Dm G7 A7 D7   G#maj7 Bb7 Fm C G# G G7
e|-0-1---1--0--0--2--|-3------1---1--0-4--3-1--|
B|-1-1---3--2--2--1--|-1------3---1--1-4--3-0--|
G|-0-0---2--0--0--2--|-1------1---1--0-5--4-0--|
D|-2-2---3--2--2--0--|-1------3---3--2-6--5-0--|
A|-3-0---2--0--0--x--|-x------1---3--3-6--5-2--|
E|-x-x---0--x--x--x--|-x------1---13-x-4--3-3--|


[Verse 1]
   C                     Am7
My very good friend, the milkman says
     Dm               G7
That I've been losing too much sleep
   Dm               A7
He doesn't like the hours I keep
    Am7  Dm          D7         G7    C
And he suggests that you should marry me.

[Verse 2]
   C                     Am7
My very good friend, the mail-man says
     Dm                G7
That it would make his burden less
   Dm              A7
If we both had the same address
    Am7  Dm          D7         G7    C
And he suggests that you should marry me.

[Chorus]
               G#maj7               Bb7
Then there's a very friendly fellow who prints
Fm                         C
all the latest real estate news
    G#maj7                Bb7
And every day he sends me blueprints
   Fm            G#      G      G7
Of cottages with country views.

[Verse 3]
   C                      Am7
My very good friends, the neighbours say
Dm                        G7
They've been watching the things I do
    Dm                A7
And they believe that I love you
   Am7 Dm         D7         G7    C
So I suggest that you should marry me.
    

Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/fats_waller/my_very_good_friend_the_milkman_chords_2422933

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