Ode To Mel Bay

Intro

Notes:  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] dd [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch], ddd [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]...
Chords: [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch]...

[Verse 1]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]
Mel Bay, in your manual, you taught us how to hold a pick[/tab]
[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]
You got to hold it in this manner, to play them fancy licks[/tab]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]
Now we're happily strummin along, and you ought to hear us play[/tab]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]
And I guess we owe it all to you, thanks a lot, Mel Bay[/tab]


[Chorus]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]             
Mel Bay, Mel Bay, we just wanna say[/tab]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]
We wouldn't know what we're doin, if you hadn't shown the way[/tab]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]
Mel Bay, Mel Bay, everytime we play, [/tab]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A7[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]
we're always thinking of you, and hope you have a nice day[/tab]


(Play Red River Valley - badly)

Chords: [ch]D[/ch]
Notes: [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch], [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch], [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]

Chords: [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]
Notes:  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch], [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch], [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]

Chords:     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]
Notes:  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch], [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch], [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]

Chords: [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  
Notes:  [ch]B[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch], [ch]C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch], [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]

[Verse 2]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]
On page 21, you showed us how to play a G[/tab]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]
On page 22, you showed us how to play a D[/tab]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]
But Lawdy, oh lawdy, we never learned to play an E, [/tab]
[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]
cause someone in the outhouse, stole page 23[/tab]


[Verse 3]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]
I'm goin down to Goodins, to buy me a ukelele[/tab]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A7[/ch]          
I wanna learn to play Gershin, on the uke-le-le[/tab]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]                
I just bought your book, Mel Bay, on how to play the fiddle[/tab]
[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]
I can play, on that high string, and those two in the middle[/tab]


(Play Ode to Mel Bay verse chords and melody - badly)

Chords: [ch]D[/ch]
Notes: aa [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch], [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch], 

Chords: [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    
Notes: [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch], [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]

Chords: [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]
Notes:  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch], [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]

Chords:     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]
Notes:  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch], [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]


[Chorus] - key change ([ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch])
[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]
Mel Bay, Mel Bay, we just wanna say[/tab]
[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]B[/ch]
We wouldn't know what we're doin, if you hadn't shown the way[/tab]
[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]
Mel Bay, Mel Bay, everytime we play, [/tab]
[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                                    [ch]B7[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]
we're always thinking of you, Mel Bay, and hope you have a nice day[/tab]


[Verse 4]
[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]
We're available for dances, that wouldn't be a task[/tab]
[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]B[/ch]            
and ready to sign autographs, if anyone should ask[/tab]
[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]A[/ch]
You know we're gettin better, than we ever thought we could[/tab]
[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]
Please send us another book and we'll play twice as good[/tab]


[Chorus]
[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]
Mel Bay, Mel Bay, we just wanna say[/tab]
[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]
We wouldn't know what we're doin, if you hadn't shown the way[/tab]
[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]
Mel Bay, Mel Bay, everytime we play, [/tab]
[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]
we always thinking of you and hope you have a nice day[/tab]


(Play Ode to Mel Bay verse chords and melody - badly)

Chords: [ch]E[/ch]
Notes: [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch], [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch], 

Chords: [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]    
Notes: [ch]B[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch], [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]

Chords: [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]
Notes:  [ch]B[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch], [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch]

Chords:     [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]
Notes:  [ch]B[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch], [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]