Elvis Presley – Mr Songman (Guitar)

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#1 on BB Hot Country and #47 on BB Hot 200 Albums on RCA Records in 1975 The acoustic guitar on the recording plays in D (transpose -2) with capo 2nd fret. [Intro] E A B E [Chorus]

B      E       B        E7       A
Here's another dime for you, Mr. Songman.

         B                           A
Sing the loneliness of broken dreams away, 

       E
if you can.

B         E    B      E7       A
Yes, it's only me and you, Mr. Songman.

              E      A            B
Take away the night, sing away my hurt, 

    E
Mr. Songman.

[Verse]

E                     Emaj7          E7
In your ivory covered palace, safe behind your 

         A
walls of glass.

         E                         F#
You keep staring back at me like a memory from 

    B
the past.

          E                 Emaj7
Won't you sing me away to a summer night,  

       E7                   A
let me hold her in my arms again.

       Am              E              B
I know memory's not re-living, but at least 

             E
it's not the end.

[Chorus]

    B      E       B        E7       A
So, here's another dime for you, Mr. Songman.

         B                           A
Sing the loneliness of broken dreams away, 

       E
if you can.

B         E    B      E7       A
Yes, it's only me and you, Mr. Songman.

              E      A            B
Take away the night, sing away my hurt, 

    E
Mr. Songman.

[Outro]

          E                 Emaj7
Won't you sing me away to a summer night,  

       E7                   A
let me hold her in my arms again.

              E      A            B
Take away the night, sing away my hurt, 

    E         E
Mr. Songman.

A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.