This is a great Big Band tune from the 1930's later becoming a #1 hit for The Glenn Miller Orchestra in about
1940. The Andrews Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Harry James, Frankie Avalon and others covered
it and in the 1970's it became the theme song for The Manhattan Transfer.
I sugest using D6(9) as a final chord
[D/F#] 200232
[G7] 323003
[G#dim] 4x343x
[A7sus2] 002000
G6 3x243x alt x20010
[D6] x00202
[D7] x00212
D6(9) x54455 (Best ending chord on earth)
Intro
[D] [D/F#] [G7] [A7]
[D] [D/F#] [G7] [A7]
Verse
[D] [D/F#] [G7] [A7]
Way down South, in Bir mingham
[A7] [D] [D/F#] [G7] [A7]
I mean South, in Ala bam'
[A7] [D] [D/F#]
There's An old place
[D/F#] [G] [G#dim7]
Where peo ple go
[A7sus2] [D]
to dance the night away
Chorus
[D] [G6] [G6] [G6] [G6]
It's a junction
[G7] [D6] [D7]
Where the town folk meet
[D] [G6] [G7]
At each function
[G7] [D] [Em7] [A7]
in a tux they'll greet you
Verse
[D] [D/F#] [G7] [A7]
Way down South, in Bir mingham
[A7] [D] [D/F#] [G7]
I mean South, in Alabam'
[A7] [D] [D/F#]
That old place
[D/F#] [G] [G#dim7]
Where peo ple go
[A7sus2] [D]
to dance the night away
Verse
[D] [D/F#] [G7]
They all drive or walk for miles
[A7] [D] [D/F#] [G7]
To get jive that southern style,
[A7] [D] [D/F#] [G7]
So blue
[D/F#] [G] [G#dim7]
it'll make you want
[A7sus2] [D]
to dance the night away
Chorus
[D] [G6]
It's a junction
[G7] [D6] [D7]
Where the town folk meet
[D] [G6] [G7]
At each function
[G7] [D] [Em7] [A7]
in a tux they'll greet you
Outro
[D] [D/F#] [G7] [A7]
Come on down, forget your care
[A7] [D] [D/F#] [G7] [A7]
Come on down, you'll find me there
[A7] [D] [D/F#] [G7]
So long town, I'm heading for
[A7sus2] [D] [D]
Tuxedo Junction now.
