Chords for Cécile McLorin Salvant 'I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate' | Live Studio Session

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Cécile McLorin Salvant 'I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate' | Live Studio Session chords
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With Erin Deal at the piano, Miss Cecile McLaurin-Salvon.
I'm going to play a Clarence Williams song.
This is called, I Wish That I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate.
[D] I [D#m]
[E] [F#] [Bm] [E]
[A] [G#] [G] [F#] [Bm]
[C] [E] [A] [E]
[Bm] went to a dance with [F#m] my sister [Gm] [E] Kate.
[F#m] Everybody there thought she danced so great.
[C#m] I [C] realized [D] a [Fm] thing [E] or two.
[Bm]
Then I got [A] wise [Bm] to [A] something [C] new.
[Bm] [E] I looked at Kate, she [D#m] was in a [Bm] trance.
[A] And [Bm] then I [Am] knew [A] it was in her [G#] dance.
[G] [A] All [F#] [G#] going [F#] wild [D]
[F] over [E] Kate's [A#] dancing [A] [F#m] style.
[Bm] I [E] wish that I could shimmy like my [C#m] sister [G] [E] Kate.
[A] She [F] shivers like the [F#m] jelly [F] on a [A] plate.
[E] My [C#m] mama wanted [D] to know [E] last [A] night.
What [F#m] makes the boys think that [D] Kate's so [F] [E] nice?
Everybody in the [F#m]
[Gm] neighborhood [G#m] [A] knows that she [C#] can [A#] shimmy [A] and it's understood.
I [D] know that [D#m] I'm late, but [A] I'll be [F#] up [A#] to date.
When [D] I can shimmy like my [E] sister, [F#m] [C] I [G] mean [F#]
[Bm] shimmy [Fm] like [E] my [A] sister [C] Kate.
[C#] [E] [F#m]
[Gm] [G#m] [Am]
[Bm] [Cm]
[Bm] [E] [A]
[D] [G] [C] [F] [D#] [C#m]
[E] [A] [G#] [E] [Bm] [Gm]
[E] [A] [E] [Am]
[G] [D#] [D] [D#]
[Em] [D#m] [A#] [D] [F#] [B] [E]
[D] [G#] [G] [F#] [Bm]
[E] [E] I wish that I could [B] shimmy like [C#m] my sister [E] Kate.
She [G] shivers like the [A#] jelly [A] on [F]
[Em] a [A] plate.
[E] My mama wanted to [F#m] know [Gm] last [E] [Am] night.
[E] What makes the [Am] boys think [A] that Kate's so [A#m] [E] nice?
Everybody in the neighborhood [F#m]
knows that [E] she can shimmy [A] and it's [F#m] [A] understood.
[D] I know [D#] that I'm late, [B] [E] but I'll [F] be up [F#] to date.
When I [Bm] can shimmy [E] like my sister [A] Kate, [G#] I [G] [A#] mean [Bm] [E] shimmy like my [A] sister Kate.
[Em] [A] [E] [A] [Bm] [A] [N]
[D#m] [Fm] [G]
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F#m
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With Erin Deal at the piano, Miss Cecile McLaurin-Salvon.
I'm going to play a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Clarence Williams song.
This is called, I Wish That I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate. _ _ _
_ _ [D] I _ _ [D#m] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ [G#] _ _ [G] _ [F#] _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Bm] _ went to a dance with [F#m] my sister [Gm] [E] Kate.
[F#m] _ Everybody _ there thought she danced so great.
[C#m] _ I [C] realized [D] a [Fm] thing [E] or two.
[Bm] _ _
Then I got [A] wise [Bm] to [A] something [C] new.
[Bm] [E] I looked at Kate, she [D#m] was in a [Bm] trance.
[A] _ And [Bm] then I [Am] knew [A] it was in her [G#] dance.
[G] _ [A] All [F#] _ _ _ [G#] _ going [F#] wild [D] _
[F] over [E] Kate's [A#] dancing [A] [F#m] style. _
[Bm] I [E] wish that I could shimmy like my [C#m] sister [G] [E] Kate.
[A] She [F] shivers like the [F#m] jelly [F] on a [A] plate.
[E] _ My [C#m] mama wanted [D] to know [E] last [A] night.
What [F#m] makes the boys think that [D] Kate's so [F] [E] nice?
Everybody _ in the [F#m]
[Gm] neighborhood _ [G#m] [A] knows that she [C#] can [A#] shimmy [A] and it's understood.
I [D] know that [D#m] I'm late, but [A] I'll be [F#] up [A#] to date.
When [D] I can shimmy like my [E] sister, _ [F#m] [C] I [G] mean [F#] _
[Bm] shimmy [Fm] like [E] my [A] sister [C] Kate. _
_ [C#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Gm] _ [G#m] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#m] _
[E] _ [A] _ [G#] _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ [Gm] _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ [D#] _ _ [D] _ _ [D#] _ _ _
[Em] _ [D#m] _ _ [A#] _ [D] _ [F#] _ [B] _ [E] _
[D] _ _ [G#] _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ I wish that I could [B] shimmy like [C#m] my sister [E] Kate.
She [G] shivers like the [A#] jelly [A] on [F]
[Em] a [A] plate.
[E] My mama wanted to [F#m] know [Gm] last [E] [Am] night.
[E] What makes the [Am] boys think [A] that Kate's so [A#m] [E] nice? _ _
Everybody in the neighborhood _ _ [F#m]
knows that [E] she can shimmy [A] and it's [F#m] [A] understood.
[D] I know [D#] that I'm late, [B] [E] but I'll [F] be up [F#] to date.
When I [Bm] can shimmy [E] like my sister [A] Kate, [G#] I [G] [A#] mean [Bm] _ [E] shimmy like my [A] sister Kate.
_ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [G] _ _

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