Ella Fitzgerald – Tuxedo Junction (Guitar)

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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.