Chords for THE MILLS BROTHERS 1970's interview. Tiger Rag & Bye Bye Blackbird

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_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ You son of a gun, you look great.
[Bm] I heard you in rehearsal, [B] had the whole place jump
and the waiters, the [Db] busboys were coming in from [Eb] everywhere to hear.
Well, [Gb] that's nice.
Way to go, that's way to go, that's way to go.
How many records [N] over the years have the Mills_
Oh yeah.
Now the IRS doesn't watch this show, you can [B] confess.
Let him go. _ _
_ [N] 1246. _ _ _ _
1246. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] When was the first gold record?
_ [N] Well, I would say the first gold record was the first record we made.
It was made in 1927, a thing called Taggere. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Alright, more tough questions.
What is the biggest selling record the Mills Brothers have ever had?
Well, I would say in this latter years, I think Paper Doll would be_
Oh yeah, by far.
_ _ _ How much are you making in black out here?
Alright, here is the toughest question of all and it's probably never been asked.
Are there any Mills sisters?
Oh yeah.
Oh really?
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Three, three sisters.
Oh, I see.
Aha, you got me on that one.
And do they have an act?
No, no, no.
All [Eb] older than the boys.
They're all older than the boys?
Three [D] sisters, older than the [B] brothers.
_ They were musically [Bm] inclined though, but they never did anything about it.
Yeah.
You guys went out and did something about it, right? We [D] tried.
They stayed home and watched.
What was the first professional job you ever had where you got paid for it?
Not singing in a church [Ab] or in a [N] local club?
No, the first professional job when I was seven years old was in our hometown.
The place called the Mays Opera House was a theater.
You opened in an opera house?
In between the pictures.
It was called the Mays Opera House, a theater.
Isn't that something?
Yeah.
Who heard you that gave you [B] the greatest break at the beginning in your career?
[Db] Well, a fellow by the [Ebm] name of Harold Greenam, who was a band leader in our [N] hometown. _ _
We used to [Db] travel around with this band quite a lot when we were kids.
_ _ _ _ He couldn't get a job unless he took us.
[N] Really?
_ We went to Cincinnati in 1922 _ _ and opened up a station there called WSCI,
which was the United States Playing Card Company.
Then we went back to Cincinnati, WLW [E] in 1925.
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[Ab] _ Hold [Eb] that tiger, hold that tiger, hold that [Bb] tiger, hold that tiger, hold that tiger, hold that tiger, hold that [Ebm] tiger. _ _ _ _
Where's that tiger?
Where _ _ is that tiger?
[Ab] Where's that tiger?
[Am] Where's that tiger?
[Eb] Where's that [F] tiger?
Here's that tiger.
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Here I go singing, oh, bye, [Ebm] _
bye, [Eb] blackbird.
_ [Ebm] Where's my money, baby, sugar, baby, sugar, bye, _
[Ab] bye, blackbird.
_ Come on [Ebm] here, you'll never [Gb] understand me.
[Bbm] Oh, what a heart my [Dbm] stories, they all have [F] me.
Oh, make [Ab] my bed and light the [Eb] light, I'll rise, baby, like a _ blackbird, [Ab] bye, bye. _ _ _
Back up on the backyard over the hill, I go singing, oh, bye, _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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bye, blackbird.
[D] Oh, 130, [Ab] they all have [Eb] me, make my bed and light the light. _
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_ _ _ [Db] There they are with some of their big hits, the Mills Brothers.
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I'm the Mills Brothers they don't [Gbm] talk about.
I'm [Ebm] Thunder Mills. _
_ _ [C] You guys from singing that song over the years have _ gradually stepped up the tempo.
That is not the tempo.
They can [G] _
all sing that song.
[Bb] That song became a big, big song for [Bbm]
us.
You can sing.
Why don't [Cm] you chime in and let the people sing along with you.
Give me a beat.
_ All _ _ my [Ab] cares and wants, here [Eb] I go _ _ [Bb] singing, oh, [Ab] _ bye, _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ bye, _ blackbird.
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[Bbm] Where _ somebody [A] waits for me, _ [Db] sugar sweet, [Ab] so is [Gm] she, _ [Bbm] _ bye, [Eb] _ bye.
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_ _ _ _ No one cares to love and [C] _ _ _
understand _ [D] me.
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Oh, what hard luck _ stories they [Bb] all have _ _ [Eb] me.
I'm the [Ab] Mills Brothers.
Make _ _ my bed and light the [Eb] light, _ I'll [Ebm] rise, [C]
baby, [F] like [Db] a _ _ blackbird, _ _ [Bb] bye, [Ab] bye. _ _
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