Key: A major•
Intro 1
E
A
C
E
A
C
Verse 1
E
E7
A
C
There's mosquitoes on the river
E
E7
A
C
Fish are rising up like birds
E
E7
It's been hot for seven weeks now
A
C
Too hot to even speak now
Verse 2
E
E7
A
C
Say, it might have been a fiddle
E
E7
A
C
Or it could have been the wind
E
E7
But there seems to be a beat now
A
C
I can feel it in my feet now
Chorus 1
A
Adim7
There's a band out on the highway
Dm/A
A
They're high-stepping into town
Dm/A
A
It's fireworks, calliopes and clowns
A
Bm7b5
Everybody's dancing
A/C#
Ebm7b5
Dm/F
A/C#
D7
E
A
Bm7b5
Come on children, come on children
A/C#
Ebm7b5
Come on clap your hands
G/A
C#m/E
A
A7
D
Sun went down in honey
F
G
A
A7
D
And the moon came up in wine
F
G
A
A7
You know the stars were spinning dizzy
D
F
Lord the band kept us so busy
G
D
E
A
We forgot about the time
Interlude 1
E
F#/E
Esus4
Esus4
Esus4
Esus4
Verse 3
E
E7
A
C
They're a band beyond description
E
E7
A
C
Like Jehovah's favorite choir
E
E7
People joining hand in hand
A
C
While the music plays the band
Verse 4
E
E7
A
C
Crazy rooster crowing midnight
E
E7
A
C
Balls of lightning roll along
E
E7
Old men sing about their dreams
A
C
Women laugh and children scream
Chorus 2
A
Adim7
Keep on dancing through the daylight
Dm/A
A
Greet the morning air with song
No one's noticed
Adim7
but the band's all packed and gone
Dm/A
A
Was it ever here at all?
A/C#
Ebm7b5
Dm/F
A/C#
D7
E
A
Bm7b5
Come on children, come on children
A/C#
Ebm7b5
Come on clap your hands
G/A
C#m/E
A
A7
D
Well the cool breeze came on Tuesday
F
G
A
A7
D
And the corn's a bumper crop
F
G
A
A7
And the fields are full of dancing
D
F
G
Full of singing and romancing
D
E
A
The music never stopped
Interlude 2
E
F#/E
Esus4
Esus4
Esus4
Esus4
Esus4
Esus4
Esus4
Esus4
Outro 1
E
E7
A
C
E
E7
A
C
[Repeat and fade]
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A C E7 Adim7...
Chords
E
A
C
E7
Adim7
Dm/A
Bm7b5
A/C#
Ebm7b5
Dm/F
D7
G/A
C#m/E
A7
D
F
G
F#/E
Esus4
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