Chords for Jazz Accordion - Paul Betken and Jerry Cigler Bye Bye Blackbird

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_ _ _ Thank you very much. _
Jerry and I talked a little bit before we started the play today,
and we decided [G] that we would like to dedicate [Db] our performance this afternoon to [Eb] the wonderful,
wonderful [G] legend of one of the finest [Ab] accordion players that ever lived, Leon Sessions.
_ [N] I don't know if you're familiar with his work, but [A] Leon was one of the finest jazz accordionists in the world.
[F] During his time, he died in [N] 1979.
[A] He died at the age of 57.
[G] And I encourage you all, if you haven't done so, [Ab] to check out some of his music.
He was the first [G] accordionist to ever play at the Newport [Ab] Jazz Festival in [G] 1957.
And [Ab] there's a CD available on Amazon.
I [D] Remember [N] Newport, is what it's called. _
_ [G] And in our opinion, it may not be representative of his best work, but [Ab] in his final years, it's just wonderful. _ _
However, in the 50s, he played [G] greater.
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Yeah, let's, now we've got to play [N] something.
Yeah, right.
We stalled long enough.
Yeah.
[D] We're going to have to stall [A] for another minute. _ _
Let's go backwards.
[N] Let's go backwards. _ _ _ _
_ He left us in the crowd.
I did well.
Oh, yeah.
I want to [Am] hear it.
I want to hear it. _ _
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