Chords for Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees - There is a Tavern in the Town (1934)
Tempo:
114.85 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Eb
Gm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] [G] [A] [Bb]
[A] [Bb] There is a tavern in the town, [Gm] in the [Bb] town, and there my true love [F] sits him down, sits
him [Cm] down, [Bb] and drinks his wine [Eb] as merry as can be, [F] and never, [Bb] never thinks of [Eb] [Bb] me.
[F] Fare thee well, for I must leave [Bb] thee.
Do not let the parting grieve thee.
O, [F] the time has come for you and [Bb] I to say goodbye, adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
I can no longer [F] stay with you.
Stay with you.
For [Bb] I'll hang my house [Cm] on a weeping willow tree.
[F] Fare thee well, fare thee well, [Gm] fare thee well.
[A]
[Gm] He [F] left [Eb] me [Dm] for a [Gm] damsel dark.
Damsel [A] dark.
[Bb] Each Friday night [F] they used to spark.
Used to spark.
Spark the [Bb] hand now, my [Eb] love, who once was true to me, [F] takes that dark damsel on [Bb] his knee.
[F] Fare thee well, for I must leave thee.
Do [Bb] not let the parting grieve thee.
O, [F] the time has come for you and I [Bb] to [Eb] say [Bb] goodbye, adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
Oh, I can no longer stay [F] with you.
Stay with you.
[G] For [Bb] I'll hang my house [Cm] on a weeping willow [F] tree.
Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare [G] thee well.
[Bb]
And now I see him nevermore.
[Dm] Nevermore.
[Gm] He never, never knocks upon [F] my door.
[A] Knocks my door.
[Bb] For who is [D] me?
[Eb] He penned a little note.
[Fm] I'll read [F] to you the [Bb] words he wrote.
[F]
Fare thee well, for I must leave thee.
Do [Bb] not let the parting grieve thee.
[F] Do not let the parting grieve thee.
And [Bb] me to say goodbye, I'll call adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
Oh, I can no longer [F] stay with you.
[Bb] I'll hang my [D] house [Cm] on a weeping willow [F] tree.
Fare thee well, fare thee well.
[Gm] [A]
[Bb] O, deep, my grave, both wide and [Gm] deep, wide and [Bb] deep, put tombstones at my [F] head and feet,
head and feet, [Bb] and on my breast, [Eb] just carve a turtle dove [F] to sing in [Bb] divine love.
[F]
Fare thee well, for I must leave thee.
[Bb] Do not let the parting grieve thee.
[F] Oh, the time has come for you and [Bb] I to say [G] goodbye, [Bb] adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
I can no [Bbm] longer [F] stay with you.
Stay [Bb] with you.
Oh, I'll hang my house [Eb] on a weeping willow tree.
[F] Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare [Bb] thee well.
[A] [Bb] There is a tavern in the town, [Gm] in the [Bb] town, and there my true love [F] sits him down, sits
him [Cm] down, [Bb] and drinks his wine [Eb] as merry as can be, [F] and never, [Bb] never thinks of [Eb] [Bb] me.
[F] Fare thee well, for I must leave [Bb] thee.
Do not let the parting grieve thee.
O, [F] the time has come for you and [Bb] I to say goodbye, adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
I can no longer [F] stay with you.
Stay with you.
For [Bb] I'll hang my house [Cm] on a weeping willow tree.
[F] Fare thee well, fare thee well, [Gm] fare thee well.
[A]
[Gm] He [F] left [Eb] me [Dm] for a [Gm] damsel dark.
Damsel [A] dark.
[Bb] Each Friday night [F] they used to spark.
Used to spark.
Spark the [Bb] hand now, my [Eb] love, who once was true to me, [F] takes that dark damsel on [Bb] his knee.
[F] Fare thee well, for I must leave thee.
Do [Bb] not let the parting grieve thee.
O, [F] the time has come for you and I [Bb] to [Eb] say [Bb] goodbye, adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
Oh, I can no longer stay [F] with you.
Stay with you.
[G] For [Bb] I'll hang my house [Cm] on a weeping willow [F] tree.
Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare [G] thee well.
[Bb]
And now I see him nevermore.
[Dm] Nevermore.
[Gm] He never, never knocks upon [F] my door.
[A] Knocks my door.
[Bb] For who is [D] me?
[Eb] He penned a little note.
[Fm] I'll read [F] to you the [Bb] words he wrote.
[F]
Fare thee well, for I must leave thee.
Do [Bb] not let the parting grieve thee.
[F] Do not let the parting grieve thee.
And [Bb] me to say goodbye, I'll call adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
Oh, I can no longer [F] stay with you.
[Bb] I'll hang my [D] house [Cm] on a weeping willow [F] tree.
Fare thee well, fare thee well.
[Gm] [A]
[Bb] O, deep, my grave, both wide and [Gm] deep, wide and [Bb] deep, put tombstones at my [F] head and feet,
head and feet, [Bb] and on my breast, [Eb] just carve a turtle dove [F] to sing in [Bb] divine love.
[F]
Fare thee well, for I must leave thee.
[Bb] Do not let the parting grieve thee.
[F] Oh, the time has come for you and [Bb] I to say [G] goodbye, [Bb] adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
I can no [Bbm] longer [F] stay with you.
Stay [Bb] with you.
Oh, I'll hang my house [Eb] on a weeping willow tree.
[F] Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare [Bb] thee well.
Key:
Bb
F
Eb
Gm
A
Bb
F
Eb
[Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[A] _ [Bb] There is a tavern in the town, [Gm] in the [Bb] town, and there my true love [F] sits him down, sits
him [Cm] down, [Bb] and drinks his wine [Eb] as merry as can be, [F] and never, [Bb] never thinks of [Eb] [Bb] me.
[F] Fare thee well, for I must leave [Bb] thee.
Do not let the parting grieve thee.
O, [F] the time has come for you and [Bb] I to say goodbye, adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
I can no longer [F] stay with you.
Stay with you.
For [Bb] I'll hang my house [Cm] on a weeping willow tree.
[F] Fare thee well, fare thee well, [Gm] fare thee well.
_ [A]
[Gm] He [F] left [Eb] me [Dm] for a [Gm] damsel dark.
Damsel [A] dark.
[Bb] Each Friday night [F] they used to spark.
Used to spark.
Spark the [Bb] hand now, my [Eb] love, who once was true to me, [F] takes that dark damsel on [Bb] his knee.
[F] Fare thee well, for I must leave thee.
Do [Bb] not let the parting grieve thee.
O, [F] the time has come for you and I [Bb] to [Eb] say [Bb] goodbye, adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
Oh, I can no longer stay [F] with you.
Stay with you.
[G] For [Bb] I'll hang my house [Cm] on a weeping willow [F] tree.
Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare [G] thee well.
[Bb]
And now I see him nevermore.
[Dm] Nevermore.
[Gm] He never, never knocks upon [F] my door.
[A] Knocks my door.
[Bb] For who is [D] me?
[Eb] He penned a little note.
[Fm] I'll read [F] to you the [Bb] words he wrote.
[F] _
Fare thee well, for I must leave thee.
Do [Bb] not let the parting grieve thee.
[F] Do not let the parting grieve thee.
And [Bb] me to say goodbye, I'll call adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
Oh, I can no longer [F] stay with you. _ _
[Bb] I'll hang my [D] house [Cm] on a weeping willow [F] tree.
Fare thee well, fare thee well.
[Gm] _ _ _ [A]
[Bb] O, deep, my grave, both wide and [Gm] deep, wide and [Bb] deep, put tombstones at my [F] head and feet,
head and feet, [Bb] and on my breast, [Eb] just carve a turtle dove [F] to sing in [Bb] divine love.
_ _ [F]
Fare thee well, for I must leave thee.
[Bb] Do not let the parting grieve thee.
[F] Oh, the time has come for you and [Bb] I to say [G] goodbye, [Bb] adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
I can no [Bbm] longer [F] stay with you.
Stay [Bb] with you.
Oh, I'll hang my house [Eb] on a weeping willow tree.
[F] Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare [Bb] thee well.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [Bb] There is a tavern in the town, [Gm] in the [Bb] town, and there my true love [F] sits him down, sits
him [Cm] down, [Bb] and drinks his wine [Eb] as merry as can be, [F] and never, [Bb] never thinks of [Eb] [Bb] me.
[F] Fare thee well, for I must leave [Bb] thee.
Do not let the parting grieve thee.
O, [F] the time has come for you and [Bb] I to say goodbye, adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
I can no longer [F] stay with you.
Stay with you.
For [Bb] I'll hang my house [Cm] on a weeping willow tree.
[F] Fare thee well, fare thee well, [Gm] fare thee well.
_ [A]
[Gm] He [F] left [Eb] me [Dm] for a [Gm] damsel dark.
Damsel [A] dark.
[Bb] Each Friday night [F] they used to spark.
Used to spark.
Spark the [Bb] hand now, my [Eb] love, who once was true to me, [F] takes that dark damsel on [Bb] his knee.
[F] Fare thee well, for I must leave thee.
Do [Bb] not let the parting grieve thee.
O, [F] the time has come for you and I [Bb] to [Eb] say [Bb] goodbye, adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
Oh, I can no longer stay [F] with you.
Stay with you.
[G] For [Bb] I'll hang my house [Cm] on a weeping willow [F] tree.
Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare [G] thee well.
[Bb]
And now I see him nevermore.
[Dm] Nevermore.
[Gm] He never, never knocks upon [F] my door.
[A] Knocks my door.
[Bb] For who is [D] me?
[Eb] He penned a little note.
[Fm] I'll read [F] to you the [Bb] words he wrote.
[F] _
Fare thee well, for I must leave thee.
Do [Bb] not let the parting grieve thee.
[F] Do not let the parting grieve thee.
And [Bb] me to say goodbye, I'll call adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
Oh, I can no longer [F] stay with you. _ _
[Bb] I'll hang my [D] house [Cm] on a weeping willow [F] tree.
Fare thee well, fare thee well.
[Gm] _ _ _ [A]
[Bb] O, deep, my grave, both wide and [Gm] deep, wide and [Bb] deep, put tombstones at my [F] head and feet,
head and feet, [Bb] and on my breast, [Eb] just carve a turtle dove [F] to sing in [Bb] divine love.
_ _ [F]
Fare thee well, for I must leave thee.
[Bb] Do not let the parting grieve thee.
[F] Oh, the time has come for you and [Bb] I to say [G] goodbye, [Bb] adieu, kind friends, adieu.
Yes, adieu.
I can no [Bbm] longer [F] stay with you.
Stay [Bb] with you.
Oh, I'll hang my house [Eb] on a weeping willow tree.
[F] Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare [Bb] thee well.
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