Chords for Cab Calloway - The Ghost Of Smokey Joe 1939 Smoky Joe
Tempo:
109.3 bpm
Chords used:
Fm
Bb
C
Db
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Fm] [C] [Fm] [C]
[Fm] [C] [Fm]
Hi dee hi dee hi dee hi.
[Ab] You [Fm]
didn't see [F] me climb through [Db] the window.
[G]
[Fm] Nobody [Bbm] had to [Ab] open that door.
[F] I just climbed right through the [G] wall and I want [Fm] you one and all
to stand aside [Db] and let [Bb] me have the floor.
[C] Take a look, [Gm] I'm not such a stranger.
[G] [Fm] Here's the face you cokies all ought to know.
You can tell me [Db] I'm not wanted but the [Bb] joints will still be [Db] haunted
[Fm] cause I'm the ghost [Db] of [Gm] Smokey Joe.
[Ab]
Remember [Fm] when I kicked the bucket
[G] [Fm] in [C] my [Ebm] mansion up [Bb] on Stryford Row?
[Fm] When they came and took [Db] me off in [Bb] a billion dollar [Db] coffin?
[Fm] [C] I'm the ghost of [Fm] Smokey Joe.
[F] Tell me do you remember Minnie?
Yeah we remember [D] Minnie.
That frail I'd [Bb] never found.
[Eb] You never recognized your Minnie.
You mean to say that Minnie [Ab]
quit kicking [G] the [C] gum around?
[E] I got a date [Fm] on my estate down [G] in Haiti.
[Fm] Call my [Ebm] chariot [Fm] so I can go.
And should the mooch [Db] you're walking [Bb] just tell her you've [Db] been talking
[Fm] to the [C] ghost of Smokey Joe.
[F] Yes I remember Minnie.
[Bb] She's that frail I'd never found.
[Eb]
You mean to say that Minnie [Ab] quit kicking [G] the gum [C] around?
I [F] got a date [Bb] on my estate [Db] down in [F] Haiti.
Call [Bb] my chariot [B] so I can [Bb] go.
[Fm]
And should the mooch [Db] you're walking [Bb] just tell her you've [Dbm] been talking
[Fm] to the [G] ghost of [C] [Fm] Smokey Joe.
Hey!
[Abm]
Whoa!
[Ab]
[Bb] La la la
[C] [Fm] la!
Joe!
[Gm]
[Fm] [C] [Fm]
Hi dee hi dee hi dee hi.
[Ab] You [Fm]
didn't see [F] me climb through [Db] the window.
[G]
[Fm] Nobody [Bbm] had to [Ab] open that door.
[F] I just climbed right through the [G] wall and I want [Fm] you one and all
to stand aside [Db] and let [Bb] me have the floor.
[C] Take a look, [Gm] I'm not such a stranger.
[G] [Fm] Here's the face you cokies all ought to know.
You can tell me [Db] I'm not wanted but the [Bb] joints will still be [Db] haunted
[Fm] cause I'm the ghost [Db] of [Gm] Smokey Joe.
[Ab]
Remember [Fm] when I kicked the bucket
[G] [Fm] in [C] my [Ebm] mansion up [Bb] on Stryford Row?
[Fm] When they came and took [Db] me off in [Bb] a billion dollar [Db] coffin?
[Fm] [C] I'm the ghost of [Fm] Smokey Joe.
[F] Tell me do you remember Minnie?
Yeah we remember [D] Minnie.
That frail I'd [Bb] never found.
[Eb] You never recognized your Minnie.
You mean to say that Minnie [Ab]
quit kicking [G] the [C] gum around?
[E] I got a date [Fm] on my estate down [G] in Haiti.
[Fm] Call my [Ebm] chariot [Fm] so I can go.
And should the mooch [Db] you're walking [Bb] just tell her you've [Db] been talking
[Fm] to the [C] ghost of Smokey Joe.
[F] Yes I remember Minnie.
[Bb] She's that frail I'd never found.
[Eb]
You mean to say that Minnie [Ab] quit kicking [G] the gum [C] around?
I [F] got a date [Bb] on my estate [Db] down in [F] Haiti.
Call [Bb] my chariot [B] so I can [Bb] go.
[Fm]
And should the mooch [Db] you're walking [Bb] just tell her you've [Dbm] been talking
[Fm] to the [G] ghost of [C] [Fm] Smokey Joe.
Hey!
[Abm]
Whoa!
[Ab]
[Bb] La la la
[C] [Fm] la!
Joe!
[Gm]
Key:
Fm
Bb
C
Db
G
Fm
Bb
C
[Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
Hi dee hi dee hi dee hi.
_ [Ab] _ You _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
didn't see [F] me climb through [Db] the window.
[G] _
[Fm] Nobody [Bbm] had to [Ab] open that door.
[F] I just climbed right through the [G] wall and I want [Fm] you one and all
to stand aside [Db] and let [Bb] me have the floor.
[C] _ Take a look, [Gm] I'm not such a stranger.
[G] _ [Fm] Here's the face you cokies all ought to know.
You can tell me [Db] I'm not wanted but the [Bb] joints will still be [Db] haunted
[Fm] cause I'm the ghost [Db] of [Gm] Smokey Joe.
[Ab] _ _
Remember [Fm] when I kicked the bucket
[G] _ [Fm] in [C] my [Ebm] mansion up [Bb] on Stryford Row?
[Fm] _ When they came and took [Db] me off in [Bb] a billion dollar [Db] coffin?
[Fm] [C] I'm the ghost of [Fm] Smokey Joe.
_ [F] Tell me do you remember Minnie?
Yeah we remember [D] Minnie.
That frail I'd [Bb] never found.
_ [Eb] You never recognized your Minnie.
You mean to say that Minnie [Ab]
quit kicking [G] the [C] gum around?
_ [E] I got a date [Fm] on my estate down [G] in Haiti.
_ [Fm] Call my [Ebm] chariot [Fm] so I can go.
And should the mooch [Db] you're walking [Bb] just tell her you've [Db] been talking
[Fm] to the [C] ghost of Smokey Joe. _ _
[F] _ _ _ Yes I remember Minnie.
[Bb] She's that frail I'd never found.
[Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ You mean to say that Minnie [Ab] quit kicking [G] the gum [C] around?
I [F] got a date [Bb] on my estate [Db] down in [F] Haiti.
Call _ [Bb] my chariot [B] so I can [Bb] go.
[Fm]
And should the mooch [Db] you're walking [Bb] just tell her you've [Dbm] been talking
[Fm] to the [G] ghost of _ [C] _ [Fm] Smokey Joe.
_ _ _ _ _ Hey!
[Abm]
Whoa!
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] La la la _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Fm] la! _
Joe! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
Hi dee hi dee hi dee hi.
_ [Ab] _ You _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
didn't see [F] me climb through [Db] the window.
[G] _
[Fm] Nobody [Bbm] had to [Ab] open that door.
[F] I just climbed right through the [G] wall and I want [Fm] you one and all
to stand aside [Db] and let [Bb] me have the floor.
[C] _ Take a look, [Gm] I'm not such a stranger.
[G] _ [Fm] Here's the face you cokies all ought to know.
You can tell me [Db] I'm not wanted but the [Bb] joints will still be [Db] haunted
[Fm] cause I'm the ghost [Db] of [Gm] Smokey Joe.
[Ab] _ _
Remember [Fm] when I kicked the bucket
[G] _ [Fm] in [C] my [Ebm] mansion up [Bb] on Stryford Row?
[Fm] _ When they came and took [Db] me off in [Bb] a billion dollar [Db] coffin?
[Fm] [C] I'm the ghost of [Fm] Smokey Joe.
_ [F] Tell me do you remember Minnie?
Yeah we remember [D] Minnie.
That frail I'd [Bb] never found.
_ [Eb] You never recognized your Minnie.
You mean to say that Minnie [Ab]
quit kicking [G] the [C] gum around?
_ [E] I got a date [Fm] on my estate down [G] in Haiti.
_ [Fm] Call my [Ebm] chariot [Fm] so I can go.
And should the mooch [Db] you're walking [Bb] just tell her you've [Db] been talking
[Fm] to the [C] ghost of Smokey Joe. _ _
[F] _ _ _ Yes I remember Minnie.
[Bb] She's that frail I'd never found.
[Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ You mean to say that Minnie [Ab] quit kicking [G] the gum [C] around?
I [F] got a date [Bb] on my estate [Db] down in [F] Haiti.
Call _ [Bb] my chariot [B] so I can [Bb] go.
[Fm]
And should the mooch [Db] you're walking [Bb] just tell her you've [Dbm] been talking
[Fm] to the [G] ghost of _ [C] _ [Fm] Smokey Joe.
_ _ _ _ _ Hey!
[Abm]
Whoa!
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] La la la _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Fm] la! _
Joe! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _