By Strauss

by 1950s Standards · posted by marion

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−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Tab

9  10  -9  10  9  -8  9  -7  6__ 
Away with the music of Broadway!
6  -6  -6  6  -6*  7*  -8  -7__
Be off with your Irving Berlin
9  10  -9  10  9  -8  9  -9  9  -9  -7*  -7
Oh, I'd give no quarter to Kern or Cole Porter
-7*  9  -7*  9  -7  7  -7  -6__
And Gershwin keeps pounding on tin
5  7_  7  7  7  -7  -7*  9_  9  9  9  -7*
How can one be civil when hearing such drivel?
-7  7_  7  7  7  -6  7  -7  9__
It's all just for nightclubbing souses
-7  -8_  -8  -8  -8  -8  9  -9
Oh, give me the free and easy
10_  10  10  10  10  9  6  7__  10  9  6  7_
Waltz that is Viennese-y and go tell the band
7  10  9  6  7_  7  7  -7  -8  9  5__
If they want a hand the waltz must be Strauss'
-9__  9*__  9__  9  -7*  -7__  7*__  7__
Ya, ya, ya  give me oom-pah-pah

5  -5  6  7  -6  6  -5_  -5  6  -6  -7  7__
When I want a melody lilting through the house
-6  7  -7  9  -7*  -7  7_  -9  -9__
Then I want a melody by Strauss
10  10  -7  -7  -9  -9_  -7*  -7  7__
It laughs! It sings! The world is in rhyme
7  -7  7  -7  7  -7  7__
Swinging in three-quarter time
5  -5  6  7  -6  6  -5_  -5  6  -6  -7  7__
Let the Danube flow along and Die Fledermaus
-6  7  -7  9  -7*  -7  7__
Keep the wine and give me song
-9  -9__  -10  -10_  -6  -6_
By Strauss By Jo, by Jing!
7  -7  -7*  -7  9
By Strauss is the thing!
5  -5  6  7  -6  6  -5__
So I say to ha-cha-cha
9  9__
Heraus!
-6  7  -7  9  -7*  -7  7__  -10  -10__
Just give me an oom-pah-pah by Strauss!
(Interlude)

5  -5  6  7  -6  6  -5_  -5  6  -6  -7  7__
Let the Danube flow along and Die Fledermaus
-6  7  -7  9  -7*  -7  7__
Keep the wine and give me song
-9  -9__  -10  -10_  -6  -6_
By Strauss By Jo, by Jing!
7  -7  -7*  -7  9
By Strauss is the thing!
5  -5  6  7  -6  6  -5__
So I say to ha-cha-cha
9  9__
Heraus!
-6  7  -7  9  -7*  -7  7__  -10  -10__
Just give me an oom-pah-pah by Strauss!

This plays with karaoke music, same Artist, run time 2:33.

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