https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Would_You_Like_to_Take_a_Walk%3F
Written in 1930 for the musical "Sweet and Low"
Recorded in 1931 by both annette hanshaw and rudy vallee
Rudy starts in Eb, goes D C Bb A 2x to modulate to D; does the song in D;
then modulates back up to Eb for solos and a bridg/vers after.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX3cXG_Ss5c
Annette does it in F#, and adds 2 additional vers at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-kPI6QFh_Q
This is Annette's arrangement in Rudy's key, where I can sing it. No modulations.
Note the bass walkdown on the 2nd line of the vers I added. I like how it sounds.
G/B: x20033
Gm/Bb: x10033
D/A: x00232
D/F#: 200232 (I normally play the bass F# with my thumb).
Intro
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [B7] [Em] [Gm] [D] [A7]
[D] [C] [Bb] [A] [D]
I saw you strolling by your solitary
[A7] [D]
Am I nosy? Very, very
[D] [C] [Bb] [A] [D]
I'd like to bet a juicy huckleberry
[E7] [A7]
What you're after is a pal
[G6] [D] [A7] [D]
We're both in luck for introductions
[Em] [A7] [Aaug]
Are not necessar-y
Verse
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [D]
M m m, would you like to take a walk?
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [G] [D/F#]
M m m, do you think it's gonna rain?
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [B7]
M m m, how about a sasparilla?
[Em] [Gm]
Gee, the moon is yeller
[D] [A7] [D]
Sump'n good'll come from that
Verse
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [D]
Mmm, have you heard the latest song?
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [G] [D/F#]
Mmm, it's a very pretty strain
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [B7]
Mmm, don't you feel a little thrilly?
[Em] [Gm]
Gee, it's getting chilly
[D] [A7] [D]
Sump'n good'll come from that
Bridge
[Am7] [D7] [G]
When you're strolling though the wherezis
[Am7] [D7] [G]
You need a whozis to lean upon
[G#m7] [C#7] [B]
But when you have no whozis
[F#7] [B] [B7]
To hug and whatzis, gosh, darn
Verse
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [D]
Mmm, would you like to take a walk?
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [G] [D/F#]
Mmm, do you think it's gonna rain?
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [B7]
Mmm, ain't you tired of the talkies?
[Em] [Gm]
I prefer the walkies
[D] [A7] [D]
Sump'n good'll come from that
(solo over vers doing call/response with scat singing)
Verse
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [D]
dit da dit da dit da do
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [G] [D]
da da da da da da dum
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [B7] [Em] [Gm]
[D] [A7] [D]
Somethin’s gonna happen soon
Verse
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [D]
Ba dum dum dum
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [G] [D]
Ba dum dum dum
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [B7] [Em] [Gm]
Ba dum bum bum
[D] [A7] [D]
Isn’t this a pretty tune?
(instrumental over bridg + vers)
Verse
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [D]
M m m, have you heard the darndest thing?
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [G] [D/F#]
M m m, you can hear it everywhere
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [B7]
M m m, when you see the little roses
[Em] [Gm]
Turning up their noses
[D] [A7] [D]
Sump'n good'll come from that
Verse
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [D]
M m m, when you see a butterfly
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [G] [D/F#]
M m m, nodding to a buttercup
[G/B] [Gm/Bb] [D/A] [B7]
M m m, when you hear a little cricket
[Em] [Gm]
Chirping in a thicket
[D] [A7] [D]
Sump'n good'll come from that
