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My Very Good Friend the Milkman Johnny Burke / Harold Spina
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Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk
Tuning:EADGBE
Fats Waller sings this sing in C - so just play along.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNL52txAbhw
Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton each play it F - pop your capo on Fret 5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKNH9aAULoA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvENvzUJh6Y
VERSE CHORD SHAPES CHORUS CHORD SHAPES
[C] [A7] [Dm] [G7] [D7] [G#maj7] [Bb7] [Fm] [C] [G#] [G] [G7]
e|-0-0---1--1--2--|-3------1---1--0-4--3-1--|
B|-1-2---3--0--1--|-1------3---1--1-4--3-0--|
G|-0-0---2--0--2--|-1------1---1--0-5--4-0--|
D|-2-2---3--0--0--|-1------3---3--2-6--5-0--|
A|-3-0---2--2--x--|-x------1---3--3-6--5-2--|
E|-x-x---0--3--x--|-x------1---13-x-4--3-3--|
Verse 1
[C] [A7]
My very good friend, the milkman says
[Dm] [G7]
That I've been losing too much sleep
[Dm] [A7]
He doesn't like the hours I keep
[Am7] [Dm] [D7] [G7] [C]
And he suggests that you should marry me.
Verse 2
[C] [A7]
My very good friend, the mail-man says
[Dm] [G7]
That it would make his burden less
[Dm] [A7]
If we both had the same address
[Am7] [Dm] [D7] [G7] [C]
And he suggests that you should marry me.
Chorus
[G#maj7] [Bb7]
Then there's a very friendly fellow who prints
[Fm] [C]
all the latest real estate news
[G#maj7] [Bb7]
And every day he sends me blueprints
[Fm] [G#] [G] [G7]
Of cottages with country views.
Verse 3
[C] [A7]
My very good friends, the neighbours say
[Dm] [G7]
They've been watching the things I do
[Dm] [A7]
And they believe that I love you
[Am7] [Dm] [D7] [G7] [C]
So I suggest that you should marry me.
