When A Boy From Alabama Meets A Girl From Gundagai - A Little Boy Called Smiley - A Town Like Alice
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: FCapotraste: Sem capotraste
When A Boy from Alabama Meets A Girl From Gundagai - A Little Boy Called Smiley - A Town
Like Alice
[Intro]
F#m E
[Verse]
E F#
When a boy from Alabama, meets a girl from Gundagai,
B7
Winter turns into spring, and the birds start to sing
E
A sweet lullaby.
[Verse]
E F#
Then the boy from Alabama, tells the girl from Gundagai
B7
that believe it or not, he just likes her a lot.
E B7 E
A silver lining's in the sky.
[Chorus]
E
Pretty soon they’re strolling out together,
A
a new day has begun.
F#
Life is just a bunch of sunny weather,
B7 F# B7
and troubles like bubbles go one by one.
[Verse]
E F#
When a boy from Alabama, meets a girl from Gundagai
B7
all the world is in tune and a sweet honeymoon
E B7 E
will happen in the by and by.
[Verse]
E A E A E
Whose happy smile makes your heart feel brighter?
Fdim F#m B7
a little boy called Smiley.
F#m B7 F#m B7 F#m
Who makes the cares of the day seem lighter?
B7 E
that freckled faced young Smiley.
[Chorus]
Ab
Though at first, you’d think the worst
C#7
and say that he looks a disgrace.
F#
yet when he grins that cheeky grin
B7 C#/F F#m B7
you don’t seem to know he's got a dirty face.
[Verse]
E A E A E
Who leaves the kids when there’s mischief brewing?
Fdim F#m B7
that barefoot boy called Smiley.
F#m B7 F# B7
Who gets the blame when there’s something ruined?
A Ab
it's Smiley every time.
C#
but he makes you forget you are wild.
F# Gdim
with his cute irresistible smile
E A E7 Eb7 D7 C#7 F#
every dad would be glad if he had a lad like
B7 E
that little boy called Smiley.
[Interlude]
C6 C7
[Verse]
Gm C F Gm F
A town like Alice is just the place for me.
Dm Am Dm Am G C7
with my own piece of ground, the mountains around that’s where I’d be.
Gm C F Gm F
Don't need a palace just want a simple home.
Dm Am Dm Am Gm C7 F
with the blue sky above and someone to love I’d ne-ver roam
[Verse]
F Eb7 D7
Give me a cluster of roofs that shine in the midday sun.
Gm C7 F G7 Gm
a quiet out on the veranda when my days’ work is done.
Gm C F Gm C F
I might like Dallas; I'll visit gay Paree.
Dm Am Dm Am Gm C7 F
but when I settle down, it must be a town like Alice for me.
How to play When A Boy From Alabama Meets A Girl From Gundagai - A Little Boy Called Smiley - A Town Like Alice
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