Chords for The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Doin' the Uptown Lowdown
Tempo:
112.3 bpm
Chords used:
Bbm
F
Ebm
B
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gb] [F] [Ebm] [Bbm] [F]
[Bbm] [C] [F] Miss Bailey, you [Bbm] sure [Ebm] look righteous.
[F]
[Bbm] Out of my way, chick.
[B] I feel [F] righteous.
[Bbm] Where you going?
Uptown?
[F]
[Bbm] Yeah, for a taste of [Ebm] lowdown.
[F] Ooh wee!
[Bbm] [F]
[Bbm] Where do we get that music [A] that [Db] puts the swing [Eb] so hard in [F] us?
[Bbm] Where is life, never dull, humdrum or [Eb] [F] monotonous?
[Bbm] Hop a subway, hop a cab, shoot right up to [F] Harlem.
Where the [Bbm] [Ebm] population [F] found a [B] new [F] sensation.
[Bbm] Screen celebs [F] and state [Bbm] satellites, [Ebm] social devs and high-hat [Bbm] lights.
[Ebm] Massive classes [G] doing [F] the uptown lowdown.
[Bbm] Where they spend [F] their simoleons [Bbm] just to watch those [Ebm] preoleons.
[Bbm] Skipping, [Ebm] hipping, doing [A] the [Bbm] uptown lowdown.
[Bb] You find laughter after midnight, that's their [Eb] playtime.
[Bbm] Heidi Haytime, what crime?
[F] Yeah, man!
[Bbm] Bankers with [F] their cinder relatives, [Bbm] listening to [Ebm] those hot high [Bbm]-yellatives.
Up [Ebm] in Harlem, [F] doing [F] the uptown [Bbm] lowdown.
[F] [Db] [C]
[Bbm] [Fm] [B] [F] [Bbm]
[F] [Db] [Ebm]
[Bbm] [Bb] [Ebm] [F] [Bbm]
[Bb]
[Eb] [Bbm] [A]
[Bbm] [F] [Bbm] [Ebm]
[Bbm] [Ebm] [F] [Bbm]
Screen celebs and [F] state [Bbm] satellites, [Ebm] social devs and high [Bbm]-hat lights.
[Ebm] Massive [A] classes doing [F] the uptown [Bbm]
lowdown.
Where they spend their [F] [Bbm] simoleons just to watch those preoleons.
[B] Skipping, [Ebm] hipping, [A] doing [Bbm] the uptown [Bb] lowdown.
You find laughter after midnight, that's their [Eb] playtime.
Heidi [Bbm] Haytime, what [B] crime?
Yeah, [Bbm] man!
Bankers [F] with their cinder [Ebm] relatives, listening to those hot high [Bbm]-yellatives.
[D] Up in [Ebm] Harlem, [F] [Bbm] doing the uptown lowdown.
[F] [Bbm] [Ebm]
[Bbm] [B] Well, [F] uh, how was it [Bbm] uptown?
Well, it was no, [F] uh, ring [Bbm]-down.
[B]
[Bbm] [Bb] [Ebm] [Bbm]
[Bb] Did you, uh, hear them swing down?
Yeah, but it wouldn't mean [Bbm] a thing down here.
[C] [B] [Bbm] [F] [Bbm] [Ebm]
[Bbm] [Ebm] [F] [N]
[Bbm] [C] [F] Miss Bailey, you [Bbm] sure [Ebm] look righteous.
[F]
[Bbm] Out of my way, chick.
[B] I feel [F] righteous.
[Bbm] Where you going?
Uptown?
[F]
[Bbm] Yeah, for a taste of [Ebm] lowdown.
[F] Ooh wee!
[Bbm] [F]
[Bbm] Where do we get that music [A] that [Db] puts the swing [Eb] so hard in [F] us?
[Bbm] Where is life, never dull, humdrum or [Eb] [F] monotonous?
[Bbm] Hop a subway, hop a cab, shoot right up to [F] Harlem.
Where the [Bbm] [Ebm] population [F] found a [B] new [F] sensation.
[Bbm] Screen celebs [F] and state [Bbm] satellites, [Ebm] social devs and high-hat [Bbm] lights.
[Ebm] Massive classes [G] doing [F] the uptown lowdown.
[Bbm] Where they spend [F] their simoleons [Bbm] just to watch those [Ebm] preoleons.
[Bbm] Skipping, [Ebm] hipping, doing [A] the [Bbm] uptown lowdown.
[Bb] You find laughter after midnight, that's their [Eb] playtime.
[Bbm] Heidi Haytime, what crime?
[F] Yeah, man!
[Bbm] Bankers with [F] their cinder relatives, [Bbm] listening to [Ebm] those hot high [Bbm]-yellatives.
Up [Ebm] in Harlem, [F] doing [F] the uptown [Bbm] lowdown.
[F] [Db] [C]
[Bbm] [Fm] [B] [F] [Bbm]
[F] [Db] [Ebm]
[Bbm] [Bb] [Ebm] [F] [Bbm]
[Bb]
[Eb] [Bbm] [A]
[Bbm] [F] [Bbm] [Ebm]
[Bbm] [Ebm] [F] [Bbm]
Screen celebs and [F] state [Bbm] satellites, [Ebm] social devs and high [Bbm]-hat lights.
[Ebm] Massive [A] classes doing [F] the uptown [Bbm]
lowdown.
Where they spend their [F] [Bbm] simoleons just to watch those preoleons.
[B] Skipping, [Ebm] hipping, [A] doing [Bbm] the uptown [Bb] lowdown.
You find laughter after midnight, that's their [Eb] playtime.
Heidi [Bbm] Haytime, what [B] crime?
Yeah, [Bbm] man!
Bankers [F] with their cinder [Ebm] relatives, listening to those hot high [Bbm]-yellatives.
[D] Up in [Ebm] Harlem, [F] [Bbm] doing the uptown lowdown.
[F] [Bbm] [Ebm]
[Bbm] [B] Well, [F] uh, how was it [Bbm] uptown?
Well, it was no, [F] uh, ring [Bbm]-down.
[B]
[Bbm] [Bb] [Ebm] [Bbm]
[Bb] Did you, uh, hear them swing down?
Yeah, but it wouldn't mean [Bbm] a thing down here.
[C] [B] [Bbm] [F] [Bbm] [Ebm]
[Bbm] [Ebm] [F] [N]
Key:
Bbm
F
Ebm
B
Bb
Bbm
F
Ebm
[Gb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Ebm] _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _
[Bbm] _ _ [C] _ [F] Miss Bailey, you [Bbm] sure [Ebm] look righteous.
[F]
[Bbm] Out of my way, chick.
[B] I feel [F] righteous.
[Bbm] Where you going?
Uptown?
[F]
[Bbm] Yeah, for a taste of [Ebm] lowdown.
[F] Ooh wee!
[Bbm] _ [F] _
[Bbm] Where do we get that music [A] that [Db] puts the swing [Eb] so hard in [F] us?
[Bbm] Where is life, never dull, humdrum or [Eb] [F] monotonous?
[Bbm] Hop a subway, hop a cab, shoot right up to [F] Harlem.
Where the [Bbm] [Ebm] population [F] found a [B] new [F] sensation.
[Bbm] Screen celebs [F] and state [Bbm] satellites, [Ebm] social devs and high-hat [Bbm] lights.
[Ebm] Massive classes [G] doing [F] the uptown lowdown.
[Bbm] Where they spend [F] their simoleons [Bbm] just to watch those [Ebm] preoleons.
[Bbm] Skipping, [Ebm] hipping, doing [A] the [Bbm] uptown lowdown.
[Bb] You find laughter after midnight, that's their [Eb] playtime.
_ [Bbm] Heidi Haytime, what crime?
[F] Yeah, man!
[Bbm] Bankers with [F] their cinder relatives, [Bbm] listening to [Ebm] those hot high [Bbm]-yellatives.
Up [Ebm] in Harlem, [F] doing [F] the uptown [Bbm] lowdown.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ [B] _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Ebm] _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _
Screen celebs and [F] state [Bbm] satellites, [Ebm] social devs and high [Bbm]-hat lights.
[Ebm] Massive [A] classes doing [F] the uptown [Bbm]
lowdown.
Where they spend their [F] [Bbm] simoleons just to watch those preoleons.
[B] Skipping, [Ebm] hipping, [A] doing [Bbm] the uptown [Bb] lowdown.
You find laughter after midnight, that's their [Eb] playtime.
Heidi [Bbm] Haytime, what [B] crime?
Yeah, [Bbm] man!
Bankers [F] with their cinder [Ebm] relatives, listening to those hot high [Bbm]-yellatives.
[D] Up in [Ebm] Harlem, [F] [Bbm] doing the uptown lowdown.
_ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [B] Well, [F] uh, how was it [Bbm] uptown?
Well, it was no, [F] uh, ring [Bbm]-down.
_ [B] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Bb] Did you, uh, hear them swing down?
Yeah, but it wouldn't mean [Bbm] a thing down here.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [B] _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [F] _ [N] _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [C] _ [F] Miss Bailey, you [Bbm] sure [Ebm] look righteous.
[F]
[Bbm] Out of my way, chick.
[B] I feel [F] righteous.
[Bbm] Where you going?
Uptown?
[F]
[Bbm] Yeah, for a taste of [Ebm] lowdown.
[F] Ooh wee!
[Bbm] _ [F] _
[Bbm] Where do we get that music [A] that [Db] puts the swing [Eb] so hard in [F] us?
[Bbm] Where is life, never dull, humdrum or [Eb] [F] monotonous?
[Bbm] Hop a subway, hop a cab, shoot right up to [F] Harlem.
Where the [Bbm] [Ebm] population [F] found a [B] new [F] sensation.
[Bbm] Screen celebs [F] and state [Bbm] satellites, [Ebm] social devs and high-hat [Bbm] lights.
[Ebm] Massive classes [G] doing [F] the uptown lowdown.
[Bbm] Where they spend [F] their simoleons [Bbm] just to watch those [Ebm] preoleons.
[Bbm] Skipping, [Ebm] hipping, doing [A] the [Bbm] uptown lowdown.
[Bb] You find laughter after midnight, that's their [Eb] playtime.
_ [Bbm] Heidi Haytime, what crime?
[F] Yeah, man!
[Bbm] Bankers with [F] their cinder relatives, [Bbm] listening to [Ebm] those hot high [Bbm]-yellatives.
Up [Ebm] in Harlem, [F] doing [F] the uptown [Bbm] lowdown.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ [B] _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
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[Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Ebm] _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _
Screen celebs and [F] state [Bbm] satellites, [Ebm] social devs and high [Bbm]-hat lights.
[Ebm] Massive [A] classes doing [F] the uptown [Bbm]
lowdown.
Where they spend their [F] [Bbm] simoleons just to watch those preoleons.
[B] Skipping, [Ebm] hipping, [A] doing [Bbm] the uptown [Bb] lowdown.
You find laughter after midnight, that's their [Eb] playtime.
Heidi [Bbm] Haytime, what [B] crime?
Yeah, [Bbm] man!
Bankers [F] with their cinder [Ebm] relatives, listening to those hot high [Bbm]-yellatives.
[D] Up in [Ebm] Harlem, [F] [Bbm] doing the uptown lowdown.
_ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [B] Well, [F] uh, how was it [Bbm] uptown?
Well, it was no, [F] uh, ring [Bbm]-down.
_ [B] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Bb] Did you, uh, hear them swing down?
Yeah, but it wouldn't mean [Bbm] a thing down here.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [B] _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [F] _ [N] _ _ _