Chords for Swing Era: Dick Robertson & His Orch. - Ma! (He's Making Eyes At Me), 1939

Tempo:
110.5 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

Eb

F

G

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Swing Era: Dick Robertson & His Orch. - Ma! (He's Making Eyes At Me), 1939 chords
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[F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm]
[G] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] Little [D] Lily was oh so [Eb] silly and shy, And [E] all the fellows [Bb] knew she [F] wouldn't bill and cool.
[Bb] Every [F] single night some [Cm] smart fellow [G] would try To [Dm] cuddle up to her, but [Bb] she would cry.
Ma, [Dm] he's making eyes [Cm] at me, [Bb] Ma, [Eb] he's awful nice to me,
Ma, he's [Fm] almost breaking my [Bb] heart.
I'm beside him, mercy let his conscience guide [Fm] him.
Ma, [Gm] he [F] wants to marry me, [Bb] be my [G] honey [C] bee.
Every [Fm] minute he [Eb] gets bolder, now [Bb] he's leaning on my shoulder.
[G] Ma, [Eb] he's kissing [Bb]
me.
[Eb] [F]
[C] [Eb]
[Fm]
[Bb] [Eb] [Fm]
[F] [Dm] [A]
[Bb] [G]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Eb] [Fm]
[Eb] Ma, [F] he's making eyes at me, [D] Ma, [Bb] he's [Eb] awful nice to me,
Ma, he's [Bb] almost breaking my heart.
If you peek [Eb] in, [B] can't you see I'm going to weaken?
Ma, he [F] wants to marry me, [Bb] be my [G] honey bee.
[Bb] Ma, I'm meeting with [Eb] resistance, I shall [F] holler for assistance.
Ma, he's [Eb] kissing me.
[C] [N]
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Bb
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Eb
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F
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G
2131
Fm
123111111
Bb
12341111
Eb
12341116
F
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Learn the basic chords of Dick Robertson And His Orch - (hes making eyes at me) Ma -7247-Dnc chords, with this master sequence: Eb, Bb, Eb, F and Bb. Use ChordU to start at a slow tempo and accelerate as you improve. With an eye on the song's key Bb Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] Little [D] Lily was oh so [Eb] silly and shy, And [E] all the fellows [Bb] knew she [F] wouldn't bill and cool.
_ [Bb] Every [F] single night some [Cm] smart fellow [G] would try To [Dm] cuddle up to her, but [Bb] she would _ cry.
Ma, _ [Dm] he's making eyes [Cm] at me, [Bb] Ma, [Eb] he's awful nice to me,
Ma, he's [Fm] almost breaking my [Bb] heart.
I'm beside him, mercy let his conscience guide [Fm] him.
Ma, [Gm] he [F] wants to marry me, [Bb] be my [G] honey [C] bee. _
_ Every [Fm] minute he [Eb] gets bolder, now [Bb] he's leaning on my shoulder.
[G] Ma, [Eb] he's kissing [Bb]
me.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Eb] Ma, _ [F] he's making eyes at me, [D] Ma, [Bb] he's [Eb] awful nice to me,
Ma, he's [Bb] almost breaking my heart.
If you peek [Eb] in, [B] can't you see I'm going to weaken?
Ma, he [F] wants to marry me, [Bb] be my [G] honey bee.
[Bb] _ Ma, I'm meeting with [Eb] resistance, I shall [F] holler for assistance.
Ma, he's [Eb] kissing me. _
_ [C] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _

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The 66933-A DECCA -2920B album includes this song.

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