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You knew something awful was going to happen when they changed key after only
one verse...
"Patches"
(Barry Mann - Larry Kolber)
Intro:
Ab7 [xx4114]
Verse 1:
Db Gb Db/Ab
Down by the river that flows by the coalyards
Stand wooden houses with shutters torn down
Db Fm Gb Db/Ab
There lives a girl everybody calls Patches
Patches, my darling, of old Shantytown
key change to D
Verse 2:
We planned to marry when June brought the summer
I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride
Now I don't see how that ever can happen
My folks say no and my heart breaks inside
Chorus 1:
D A/G A7 [the A/G is probably A mistake]
Patches, oh what can I do
I swear I'll always love you
But a girl from that place will just bring me disgrace
So my folks won't let me love you
key change to Eb
Verse 3:
Each night I cry as I think of that shanty
And pretty Patches there watching the door
She doesn't know that I can't come to see her
Patches must think that I love her no more
key change to E
Verse 4:
I hear a neighbor telling my father
He says a girl name of Patches was found
Floating face down in that dirty old river
That flows by the coalyards in old Shantytown
Chorus 2:
Patches, oh what can I do
I swear I'll always love you
It may not be right but I'll join you tonight
E [N.C.]
Patches, I'm comin' to you
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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