Chords for Mildred Bailey - Doin' The Uptown Lowdown
Tempo:
110.85 bpm
Chords used:
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F
Ebm
Bb
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[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]
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[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]
[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]
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[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]
Key:
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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] _ _
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_ [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
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[Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[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
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_ [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
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