Chords for Lou Sino - Louis Prima, Sam Butera and the Witnesses - Waitin' On the Robert E Lee
Tempo:
156.3 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
D
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Louis, so ambitious it was unreal.
Yeah.
and he had an
uncanny way of by getting what he wanted too.
know, oversleep,
and when he introduced the guys in the band you know, at the end of the
Smith, the whole bit and when he'd get to
And this, you know, he kept me like that for about a
Yeah.
and he had an
uncanny way of by getting what he wanted too.
know, oversleep,
and when he introduced the guys in the band you know, at the end of the
Smith, the whole bit and when he'd get to
And this, you know, he kept me like that for about a
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Eb
Bb
D
G
C
Eb
Bb
D
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Louis, _ _ so ambitious it was unreal. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah.
_ _ He knew what he wanted _ _ and _ he had an
uncanny way of by getting what he wanted too.
A few times you know, _ oversleep,
[Gb] coming late and when he introduced the guys in the band you know, at the end of the
show he would say Sam Viettaro, [G] _ Keely Smith, the whole bit and when he'd get to
me he'd say, and that guy.
_ _ _ _ And this, you know, he kept me like that for about a
week.
And we're sitting in a room, quiet, and he says, okay let me hear you play
shuffle rhythm.
So I started.
_ I said, wait a minute, _ _ I didn't give you a downbeat yet.
The chief never gave you a downbeat yet.
I said, oh excuse me. _
So he gave me the
downbeat.
_ That was the first thing I learned about Louis.
Don't do nothing
till he tells you.
If he didn't see the audience he couldn't work.
I mean he
could work but he couldn't tell what they wanted, you know.
_ [Bb] He had to see if
they were enjoying it, what they liked or what they didn't like.
That was his success.
He could read the people.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] See them shuffling along.
_ _ See them [Bb] shuffling along. _
Go take your best gal, real pal.
[Eb] Go down to Levy, _ say Levy, join that shuffling troupe. _
_ [Bb] _ He's a handsome, _ he's simply great mate.
Waitin' on Levy, waitin' for the [Eb] floppy. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Watch _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
them shuffling along.
[D] _ _ [C] See [Bb] them shuffling along.
Go take your best gal, real pal.
[Eb] Go down to _ [Eb] _ Levy, say Levy, join that shuffling troupe.
_ _ He's [Bb]
a handsome, _ _ he's simply great [Eb] mate.
Waitin' on Levy, waitin' for the floppy.
I [Ab] believe.
_ [Eb] _ _
Waitin' on [Bb] Levy, waitin' on Levy. _
_ _ _ [Eb] I believe. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] I believe. _
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I [Eb] believe. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
It [G] _ was like magic. _
It was like magic.
_ _ You got on a high from just being there. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Louis, _ _ so ambitious it was unreal. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah.
_ _ He knew what he wanted _ _ and _ he had an
uncanny way of by getting what he wanted too.
A few times you know, _ oversleep,
[Gb] coming late and when he introduced the guys in the band you know, at the end of the
show he would say Sam Viettaro, [G] _ Keely Smith, the whole bit and when he'd get to
me he'd say, and that guy.
_ _ _ _ And this, you know, he kept me like that for about a
week.
And we're sitting in a room, quiet, and he says, okay let me hear you play
shuffle rhythm.
So I started.
_ I said, wait a minute, _ _ I didn't give you a downbeat yet.
The chief never gave you a downbeat yet.
I said, oh excuse me. _
So he gave me the
downbeat.
_ That was the first thing I learned about Louis.
Don't do nothing
till he tells you.
If he didn't see the audience he couldn't work.
I mean he
could work but he couldn't tell what they wanted, you know.
_ [Bb] He had to see if
they were enjoying it, what they liked or what they didn't like.
That was his success.
He could read the people.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] See them shuffling along.
_ _ See them [Bb] shuffling along. _
Go take your best gal, real pal.
[Eb] Go down to Levy, _ say Levy, join that shuffling troupe. _
_ [Bb] _ He's a handsome, _ he's simply great mate.
Waitin' on Levy, waitin' for the [Eb] floppy. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Watch _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
them shuffling along.
[D] _ _ [C] See [Bb] them shuffling along.
Go take your best gal, real pal.
[Eb] Go down to _ [Eb] _ Levy, say Levy, join that shuffling troupe.
_ _ He's [Bb]
a handsome, _ _ he's simply great [Eb] mate.
Waitin' on Levy, waitin' for the floppy.
I [Ab] believe.
_ [Eb] _ _
Waitin' on [Bb] Levy, waitin' on Levy. _
_ _ _ [Eb] I believe. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] I believe. _
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I [Eb] believe. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
It [G] _ was like magic. _
It was like magic.
_ _ You got on a high from just being there. _