Chords for Mildred Bailey - Doin' The Uptown Lowdown

Tempo:
110.85 bpm
Chords used:

Bbm

F

Ebm

Bb

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Mildred Bailey - Doin' The Uptown Lowdown chords
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[Bbm] [C] [F] [Bbm] [F]
[Bbm] [Ebm] [F] Miss [Bbm] Bailey, you [Ebm] sure look [F] righteous.
[Bbm] Out of my way, [B] chick.
I feel righteous.
[Bbm] Where you going?
[F] Uptown?
[Bbm] Yeah, for a taste of lowdown.
[F] Ooh [Bbm]-wee!
Where do we [A] get that music that [Cm] puts the swing so [F] hard in [Bbm] us?
Where is life, never dull, humdrum [Eb] or [F] monotonous?
[Bbm] Hop a subway, hop a cab, shoot right up to [F] Harlem
Where [Bb] the [Ebm] population [F] found a new sensation
[Bbm] Screen [F] celebs and stage [Bbm] satellites, social [Ebm] depths and [Bbm] high-hat lights
[Dm] Massive [Ebm] classes [G] [A] doing the [Bbm] uptown [F] lowdown
[Bbm] Where they spend [F] their sem [Bbm]-oleon just to watch [Ebm] those me [Bbm]-oleons
[Dm] Skippin', [Ebm] hippin', doing [A] the [Bbm] uptown lowdown
[Bb] You'll find laughter after midnight, [Ebm] that's their playtime
[C] [Bbm] Heidi Haytime, what cry?
[F] Yeah, man!
[Bbm] Bankers with [F] their Cinderella [Bbm]-atives, listening to [Ebm] those hot high [Bbm]-yellatives
Up [Dm] in [Ebm] Harlem, [F] [F] doing the uptown lowdown
[Bbm] [F] [Ab] Screen [C]
[Bbm] [Ab] [Ebm] [F] [Bbm]
[F] [Db] [Ebm]
[Bbm] [Bb] [Ebm] [F] [Bbm]
[Gb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bbm] [F]
[Bbm] [Eb] [Bbm] [Gb] [Ebm]
[Bbm] [Ebm] [F] [Bbm]
[F] celebs and stage [Bbm] satellites, [Gb] social depths and high [Bbm]-hat lights
[Ebm] Massive [F] classes doing [Bbm] the uptown lowdown
Where they [F] spend their sem [Bbm]-oleon just to watch those creole-ions
[Dm] Skippin', [Ebm] hippin', [A] doing [Bbm] the uptown [Bb] lowdown
You'll find laughter after midnight, that's their [Eb] playtime
Heidi [Bbm] Haytime, what [Ebm] cry?
[F] Yeah, [Bbm] man!
[F] Bankers with their Cinderella [Ebm]-atives, listening to those [Ab] hot high [Bbm]-yellatives
[D] Up in [Ebm] Harlem, [Bbm] doing the uptown lowdown
Well, [Ebm]
[Bbm] [G] [Ebm] uh, [F] how was [Bbm] uptown?
Well, it wasn't no, [F] uh, ring-down
[Bbm] [Ebm]
[Bbm] [Bb] [Ebm] [A] [Bbm]
[Bb] Did you, uh, hear them swing down?
Yeah, but it wouldn't mean a [Bbm] thing down here
[B] [Bbm] [F] [Bbm] [Ebm]
[Bbm] [Ebm] [F] [Bbm]
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Bbm
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F
134211111
Ebm
13421116
Bb
12341111
A
1231
Bbm
13421111
F
134211111
Ebm
13421116
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To learn Mildred Bailey - Doin The Uptown Lowdown chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: Bbm, Ebm, F, Bbm and F. Start with a comfortable 55 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 111. With the song's key of Bb Minor, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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[Bbm] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Ebm] [F] Miss [Bbm] Bailey, you [Ebm] sure look [F] righteous.
[Bbm] Out of my way, [B] chick.
I feel righteous.
[Bbm] Where you going?
[F] Uptown?
[Bbm] Yeah, for a taste of lowdown.
[F] Ooh [Bbm]-wee! _ _
Where do we [A] get that music that [Cm] puts the swing so [F] hard in [Bbm] us?
Where is life, never dull, humdrum [Eb] or [F] monotonous?
[Bbm] Hop a subway, hop a cab, shoot right up to [F] Harlem
Where [Bb] the [Ebm] population [F] found a new sensation
[Bbm] Screen [F] celebs and stage [Bbm] satellites, social [Ebm] depths and [Bbm] high-hat lights
[Dm] Massive [Ebm] classes [G] [A] doing the [Bbm] uptown [F] lowdown
[Bbm] Where they spend [F] their sem [Bbm]-oleon just to watch [Ebm] those me [Bbm]-oleons
[Dm] Skippin', [Ebm] hippin', doing [A] the [Bbm] uptown lowdown
[Bb] You'll find laughter after midnight, [Ebm] that's their playtime
[C] _ [Bbm] Heidi Haytime, what cry?
[F] Yeah, man!
[Bbm] Bankers with [F] their Cinderella [Bbm]-atives, listening to [Ebm] those hot high [Bbm]-yellatives
Up [Dm] in [Ebm] Harlem, [F] [F] doing the uptown lowdown
[Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] Screen [C] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Ebm] _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Ebm] _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Gb] _ [Ebm] _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [F] celebs and stage [Bbm] satellites, [Gb] social depths and high [Bbm]-hat lights
[Ebm] Massive [F] classes doing [Bbm] the uptown lowdown
Where they [F] spend their sem [Bbm]-oleon just to watch those creole-ions
[Dm] Skippin', [Ebm] hippin', [A] doing [Bbm] the uptown [Bb] lowdown
You'll find laughter after midnight, that's their [Eb] playtime
Heidi [Bbm] Haytime, what [Ebm] cry?
[F] Yeah, [Bbm] man!
[F] Bankers with their Cinderella [Ebm]-atives, listening to those [Ab] hot high [Bbm]-yellatives
[D] Up in [Ebm] Harlem, [Bbm] doing the uptown lowdown
_ Well, _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [G] [Ebm] uh, [F] how was [Bbm] uptown?
Well, it wasn't no, [F] uh, ring-down
[Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Ebm] _ _ [A] _ [Bbm] _
[Bb] Did you, uh, hear them swing down?
Yeah, but it wouldn't mean a [Bbm] thing down here
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _

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This song was penned by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel.

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