Tallahassee chords by Dinah Shore

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Verse 1
G 
You  (G major) sure have a nice easy style,
you know, oh, I don't know Dinah
I'm gonna be like Bing and
Frank
and those other guys.
I gotta get to sing with a gal
once in a while
You know being often
sings with Peggy Lee
and Frank does a number with Jane
Powell.
I just gotta get me a gal
Well, I know a gal
who would just love to sing with
you, Woody
You mean yes
Coincidence we just happen to have here
the orchestration we used
when we recorded this song on
Columbia the other day.
It's from Paramount's
forthcoming production
Variety Girl.
That's, uh, Tallahassee, of course.
C 
G 
C 
G 
IUP. Oh,  (C major) no.  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) 
Oh, won't you listen,
all you people on the southbound train?
D 
G 
Oh,  (D major) won't you  (G major) listen to my
friendly advice
C 
G 
about a  (C major) quarter  (G major) af ter seven
D 
Eb 
Em 
we'll be pulling into paradise  (D major)  (E flat major)  (E minor) 
D 
G 
D 
 (D major) when you  (G major) see land out of the  (D major) window
G 
E 
A 
 (G major) of a train kind of  (E major) green and  (A major) grassy
E 
A 
how in the  (E major) world can you  (A major) complain
E 
C 
A 
beneath  (E major) the  (C major)  (A major) moon
C 
you ought to  (C major) see the way it shines
D 
G 
D 
 (D major) right  (G major) beyond  (D major) compare
G 
 (G major) The way it shines upon the pines
C 
G 
when  (C major) you hear blue  (G major) jays
C 
G 
 (C major) chirpin' high and  (G major) sassy.
Bm 
A 
And catch one  (B minor) sniff  (A major) of southern cookin'
hangin' on the evening air.
D 
G 
 (D major) Supper's waitin' on the  (G major) table
C 
G 
when  (C major) you  (G major) see four havin'
their after -dinner chat.
E 
All po (E major) lite and

Verse 2

classy

Gentlemen all remove their hats

Verse 3

And every smile

Perfect harmony and peace

Verse 4

Bids you stay and rest

And the porter your beliefs

Verse 5

Get off that tree

Sit down and rest your chassis

Verse 6

You're in Tallahassee

The

Verse 7
E 
Bm 
 (E major) capital city of  (B minor) Florida
E 
A 
Bm 
Am 
D 
G 
 (E major) An d the  (A major) South (B minor) land at  (A minor)  (D major) its be (G major) st
C 
Bm 
G 
For Dixie at its very best  (C major)  (B minor)  (G major) 
D 
G 
 (D major) When you  (G major) see folks
A 
Having their  (A major) after -dinner chat
Bm 
E 
A 
 (B minor) All po (E major) lite and  (A major) classy
E 
A 
Gentlemen  (E major) all remove their  (A major) hats
E 
A 
And  (E major) every  (A major) smile,
C 
perfect  (C major) harmony and peace
D 
G 
 (D major) Bids you stay  (G major) and rest,
and the porter you believe
D 
Get  (D major) off that train,
Bm 
C 
 (B minor) sit down and rest your  (C major) chassis
Bm 
You're in Talla (B minor) hassee,
the capital city of Florida
A 
Bm 
C 
D 
And the  (A major) stock  (B minor) land,  (C major) an  (D major) d it's fair
G 
D 
 (G major) For Dixie and it's very fair  (D major) 