Chords for Darktown Strutters Ball (1917)
Tempo:
140 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[F#] [C]
[E] [A] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
I've got some [G] good news, honey
An invitation to the [G] Darktown Ball
very swell [E] affair
[E] [A] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
I've got some [G] good news, honey
An invitation to the [G] Darktown Ball
very swell [E] affair
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C
D
A
E
G
C
D
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I've got some [G] good news, honey
[C] _
An invitation to the [G] Darktown Ball
It's a very swell _ [E] affair
[Am] All the _
[D] highbrowns will [G] be there
I'll wear [C] my high silk hat [G] and a frock-tail coat
[E] You'll wear your Paris gown and your new [A] silk shawl
[G] There ain't [D#] no doubt [Gm] about [E] it, babe
We'll [Am] be the best [D] dressed in [G] the hall
[C] I'll be down to get you in [Am] a taxi, honey
[D] You better be ready about half past [G] eight
Now, deary, don't [B] be late
I [C] wanna be there when the [G] band starts playing
[C] Remember when we get [A] there, honey
[D] The two steps, I'm gonna have them all
[F] Gonna dance out both [F#] my shoes
_ [C] When they play [E] the jelly [A] roll blues
_ [D] Tomorrow night [G] at the [B] Darktown Strutters Ball
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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We'll meet our [G] high-toned [C] neighbors
An exhibition of [G] the baby dolls
And each one will do their _ [E] best
[Am] Just to [D] outclass all [G] the rest
And there'll [C] be dancers from every [G] foreign land
[E] The classic buck and wing and the [A] wooden clog
[Gm] We'll win [G] that [Gm] fifty dollar [E] prize
When [Am] we step out [D] and walk [G] the _ [C] dog
I'll be down to get you in a [A] taxi, honey
[D] You better be ready about half past [G] eight
Now, deary, don't [B] be late
I [C] wanna be there when the [G] band starts playing
[C] _
Remember when we get [A] there, honey
[D] The two steps, I'm gonna have them all
[F] Gonna dance out both [F#] my shoes
[C] When they play [E] the jelly [A] roll blues
_ [D] Tomorrow night [G] at the [B] Darktown [C] Strutters Ball
_ _ _ _ _ I'll be down to get you in a [A] taxi, honey
[D] You better be ready about half past [G] eight
Now, deary, don't [B] be late
I [C] wanna be there when the [G] band starts playing
[C] _
Remember when we get [A] there, honey
[D] The two steps, I'm gonna have them all
[F] Gonna dance [Dm] out both [B] my shoes
_ [C] When they play [E] the jelly [A] roll blues
_ [D] Tomorrow night [G] at the [B] Darktown Strutters Ball
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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
I've got some [G] good news, honey
[C] _
An invitation to the [G] Darktown Ball
It's a very swell _ [E] affair
[Am] All the _
[D] highbrowns will [G] be there
I'll wear [C] my high silk hat [G] and a frock-tail coat
[E] You'll wear your Paris gown and your new [A] silk shawl
[G] There ain't [D#] no doubt [Gm] about [E] it, babe
We'll [Am] be the best [D] dressed in [G] the hall
[C] I'll be down to get you in [Am] a taxi, honey
[D] You better be ready about half past [G] eight
Now, deary, don't [B] be late
I [C] wanna be there when the [G] band starts playing
[C] Remember when we get [A] there, honey
[D] The two steps, I'm gonna have them all
[F] Gonna dance out both [F#] my shoes
_ [C] When they play [E] the jelly [A] roll blues
_ [D] Tomorrow night [G] at the [B] Darktown Strutters Ball
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
We'll meet our [G] high-toned [C] neighbors
An exhibition of [G] the baby dolls
And each one will do their _ [E] best
[Am] Just to [D] outclass all [G] the rest
And there'll [C] be dancers from every [G] foreign land
[E] The classic buck and wing and the [A] wooden clog
[Gm] We'll win [G] that [Gm] fifty dollar [E] prize
When [Am] we step out [D] and walk [G] the _ [C] dog
I'll be down to get you in a [A] taxi, honey
[D] You better be ready about half past [G] eight
Now, deary, don't [B] be late
I [C] wanna be there when the [G] band starts playing
[C] _
Remember when we get [A] there, honey
[D] The two steps, I'm gonna have them all
[F] Gonna dance out both [F#] my shoes
[C] When they play [E] the jelly [A] roll blues
_ [D] Tomorrow night [G] at the [B] Darktown [C] Strutters Ball
_ _ _ _ _ I'll be down to get you in a [A] taxi, honey
[D] You better be ready about half past [G] eight
Now, deary, don't [B] be late
I [C] wanna be there when the [G] band starts playing
[C] _
Remember when we get [A] there, honey
[D] The two steps, I'm gonna have them all
[F] Gonna dance [Dm] out both [B] my shoes
_ [C] When they play [E] the jelly [A] roll blues
_ [D] Tomorrow night [G] at the [B] Darktown Strutters Ball
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