Tablature patches - Dickey Lee

          



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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

  	 Db                       Gb            Ab

  	Stand wooden houses with shutters torn down

  	  Db           Fm        Gb         Db/Ab

  	There lives a girl everybody calls Patches

  	 Db                     Ab7        Db     A7

  	Patches, my darling, of old Shantytown

  

  [key change to D]

  

  Verse 2:

  

  	D                         G                D/A

  	We planned to marry when June brought the summer

  	D                         G          A

  	I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride

  	 D          F#m           G       D/A

  	Now I don't see how that ever can happen

  	D                        A7            D

  	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

  	G             D

  	I swear I'll always love you

  	       G                               D          Bm

  	But a girl from that place will just bring me disgrace

  	   D               A7          D    Bb7

  	So my folks won't let me love you

  

  	[key change to Eb]

  

  Verse 3:

  

  	Eb                     Ab           Eb/Bb

  	Each night I cry as I think of that shanty

  	Eb                         Ab          Bb

  	And pretty Patches there watching the door

  	Eb           Gm          Ab          Eb/Bb

  	She doesn't know that I can't come to see her

  	 Eb                        Bb7         Eb    B7

  	Patches must think that I love her no more

  

  	[key change to E]

  

  Verse 4:

  

  	E                  A          E/B

  	I hear a neighbor telling my father

  	E                       A            B

  	He says a girl name of Patches was found

  	 E            G#m           A         E/B

  	Floating face down in that dirty old river

  	       E                       B7         E

  	That flows by the coalyards in old Shantytown

  

  Chorus 2:

  

  	  E          B

  	Patches, oh what can I do

  	A             E

  	I swear I'll always love you

  	    A                         E          C#m

  	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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