Chords for That lucky old sun - guitar lesson

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_ _ [Gm] Hi, Terry Dean, Acoustic Coffee Covers.
We're going to give you another oldie here.
This is a great old song.
It goes back to the 1940s.
Originally written by Hoagy Carmichael.
A lot of people have done remixes. _ _
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[B] _ Let me play a little bit for you and we'll break it down.
It's that easy little pickin' song.
It's more of a kind of just a sweet ballad song.
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_ [B] _ _ Up in the mornin'
_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] Out on the job
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Work [E] like a devil
For [B] my pay
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] And that lucky [Em] old sun
_ _ _ [B] Got nothin' _
_ [Abm] to
_ _ _ [E] Roll around _ in [Gb] heaven _ _
[B] All day
But [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
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with my woman
_ [Bb] _ _ [Abm] _ _
Holdin' my key
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_ _ [E] Spendin' time in cold _
[B] and gray
_ _ And _
_ _ [E] that _ lucky [Em]
old sun
[Bm] Got [B] nothin' _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _ _
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ [E] _ _ to
Lord [Ebm] _ above
Won't [E] you look down [B] upon me
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Tears [Gb] are _ in [B] my eyes _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ Send down the [Eb] _
clouds [E] with a _ _ silver [B] lining
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Take me
_ _ [B] There in [Gb] that
And _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ it goes on, show me that river.
Okay, what are we doing here?
Let's look at these chords and I'll go through them nice and slow with you.
_ And it's just kind of a song in the key of C and we'll walk it right down.
_ [Ab] _
_ Okay, here's the chords.
We're going to start off [B] with a C.
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_ In the [Abm] mornin'.
_ A minor.
Out on the job.
[Ebm] To an E minor. _
_ _ To [E] an F. _ _ _
Or a small F or a full F if you want.
[B] Back to the C.
Okay, so it goes
Up in the mornin'. _
[Gb] _ _ [Abm] _ _ Out on the job.
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ Work [E] like a devil for my [B] pay.
You got that part right there.
_ [E] And it's going to go _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And that lucky old [Em] sun _ _ _
F to F minor [Bb] Got [B] C. _ _
[Bb] Nothin' [Abm] to
_ _ [Gb] _ _
[E] Roll around _ _ [Gb] in heaven
_ All [B] day.
What am I doing there?
[E] We're going to go F to an F minor _ _
To [B] a C.
[Bb] Walk down the [Gb] bass.
To a B.
To [Ab] an A minor.
[Abm] To a [B] G. _
F [Eb] major 7th backwards.
[E] _ _
_ [Gb] _ G. _ _ _
C.
_ That's most of the chords.
And when it goes into the bridge it goes
[E] _ _ _ Lord [Ebm] above _
_ [E] Won't you
Look down [B] upon me
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_ _ Tears [Gb] are _ _
[B] Mine.
_ _ _ To a C7.
_ _ _ [E] F.
_ Send [Ebm] down the clouds.
E minor [E] with a F.
_ _ [B] Silver lining C.
[Cm] Go up to a D7.
It's like your C7 [Db] here slid up.
_ [Abm] Take me to _ [B] _ [Gb] paradise.
_ What I did [Db] there was to just see
It's a D7 but I'm using the bass note here.
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[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Gb] G7.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] Walk it right down.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
[Eb] F.
E.
[Db] D.
[B] _
C.
Back to the song. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [E] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
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_ There you have it.
Classic Hobie Carmichael.
That lucky old sun. _ _ _ _ _