September Song - from Knickerbocker Holiday - Sung by Walter Huston - 1938 Brunswick Record Chords
Tempo:
104.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
Cm
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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The Great American Standard, the September Song, was introduced in the musical
[Eb] Broadway by Walter Houston back in 1938.
So here is that first original version.
Of course, the September Song was done many, many times by many, many artists.
Houston.
[C]
[Am]
[Dm] [C] [Am]
[Eb] Broadway by Walter Houston back in 1938.
So here is that first original version.
Of course, the September Song was done many, many times by many, many artists.
Houston.
[C]
[Am]
[Dm] [C] [Am]
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C
D
Cm
Am
E
C
D
Cm
The Great American Standard, the September Song, was introduced in the musical
_ Knickerbocker Holiday on [Eb] Broadway by Walter Houston back in 1938.
_ _ _ So here is that first original version.
_ Of course, the September Song was done many, many times by many, many artists.
So here is that classic 1938 rendition by Walter Houston. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
And these _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
I'd spend [C] with you, _ _ these notes [D] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ with [C] you. _ _ _
_ [A] When you meet with the young men early in spring, [B] they court you in [E] song and rhyme.
They woo you with [Gm] words in a clover ring.
[Gbm] But if you [C] examine the good they bring, they have [G] little to offer _ [E] _ _
and [B] a plentiful [Am] weight
of time of day. _
[B] A plentiful [F] weight [C] of time. _ _
_ _ But [Cm] it's a long, long, _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Cm] long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long,
long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long,
long, long, long, long, [C] long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long,
long, long, long, _ long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, _
[A] _ long, [Abm] long, long, long, long,
long, long, long, long, long, long, long, _ _ [F]
long, [C] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] long, _ long, long, long, long, long, long, long, _ [Cm] _ [C] long, _ _
_ [G] _ [Fm] long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time of day, and the days dwindle down [Cm] to
a precious few _ [C] September. _ _
[Bb] And _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] these [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] I [C] spend with _ _ you, These precious [D] _ airs [Fm] I spend _ with [C] you. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ This is the first [Db] recorded version of the Great American Standard September song sung
by Walter Houston on Brentwood number [G] 8272 from 1938.
_ [N] _
_ Knickerbocker Holiday on [Eb] Broadway by Walter Houston back in 1938.
_ _ _ So here is that first original version.
_ Of course, the September Song was done many, many times by many, many artists.
So here is that classic 1938 rendition by Walter Houston. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
And these _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
I'd spend [C] with you, _ _ these notes [D] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ with [C] you. _ _ _
_ [A] When you meet with the young men early in spring, [B] they court you in [E] song and rhyme.
They woo you with [Gm] words in a clover ring.
[Gbm] But if you [C] examine the good they bring, they have [G] little to offer _ [E] _ _
and [B] a plentiful [Am] weight
of time of day. _
[B] A plentiful [F] weight [C] of time. _ _
_ _ But [Cm] it's a long, long, _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Cm] long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long,
long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long,
long, long, long, long, [C] long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long,
long, long, long, _ long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, _
[A] _ long, [Abm] long, long, long, long,
long, long, long, long, long, long, long, _ _ [F]
long, [C] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] long, _ long, long, long, long, long, long, long, _ [Cm] _ [C] long, _ _
_ [G] _ [Fm] long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time of day, and the days dwindle down [Cm] to
a precious few _ [C] September. _ _
[Bb] And _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] these [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] I [C] spend with _ _ you, These precious [D] _ airs [Fm] I spend _ with [C] you. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ This is the first [Db] recorded version of the Great American Standard September song sung
by Walter Houston on Brentwood number [G] 8272 from 1938.
_ [N] _