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   Dm11        G13=Em/G     G11 or (better?) Dm7/G     G9 (Dm/G)



C                    Cmaj7    C6                Dm11
You've gotta help me, doc, I see things in the night

     Dm7            G         Dm7                   G
The tatters of my brain are bleached with flashing light

F              Em7             Gm7               A7
Just the way Orion's sword is pumping stars in flight

Fmaj7                       D7/9           G   Dm7  G13  G11
My mind's eye's skies are glittering and white



C                Cmaj7             C6             Dm11
The Lady in the Dark has shot the Lady from Shanghai

      Dm7              G            Dm7              G
The Thin Man and the Quiet Man are Comin' Thro' the Rye

F                   Em7                Gm7             A7
At Red Line Seven Thousand there's No Highway In The Sky

Fmaj7                                D7/9             G   Dm7  G13  G11
The villains are the deepest but they plum refuse to die



    C      Em      F      Am7
   Dance, Ginger, dance

   G                  G9(Dm/G)        Em7/G           G    
   The caftan of the caliph turns to powder at your glance


Am7  D7/9  G  Dm7  G13  G11


C                    Cmaj7               C6             Dm11
The Ambersons have spiked the punch and livened up the ball

Dm7               G               Dm7                   G
Cagney's getting big and Sidney Greenstreet's getting small

F                       Em7              Gm7            A7
The Creature from the Black Lagoon left puddles in the hall

     Fmaj7           D7/9                      G   Dm7  G13  G11
And Wee Willie Winkie is the most evil of them all



C               Cmaj7             C6               Dm11
Strangers on a Wagon Train have crashed the China Gate

     Dm7         G            Dm7          G
The Portrait of Jennie has decided not to wait

F           Em7                    Gm7             A7
The Flying Leathernecks arrived a half a reel too late

      Fmaj7                     D7/9                   G   Dm7  G13  G11
The Broadcast wasn't big enough and Ziegfeld wasn't great



    C      Em      F      Am7
   Dance, Ginger, dance

   G                  G9(Dm/G)        Em7/G           G    
   The caftan of the caliph turns to powder at your glance

     Am7                  D7/9              G  Dm7  G13  G11
   This one for Funny Face and Fancy Pants



C                  Cmaj7             C6             Dm11
The love of Martha Ivers caused the death of Jesse James

Dm7           G                    Dm7               G
Kitty Foyle guessed it though she didn't link their names

      F                Em7               Gm7             A7
I've seen the plywood cities meet their doom because of dames

Fmaj7                   D7/9                 G   Dm7  G13  G11
Atlantis down in bubbles and Atlanta up in flames



          C                Cmaj7          C6                Dm11
And I've seen the Maltese Falcon falling moulting to the street 

        Dm7                  G            Dm7            G
He was caught by Queen Christina who was Following the Fleet 

      F                  Em7           Gm7             A7
And Scarface found the Sleep was even Bigger than the Heat 

         Fmaj7                               D7/9                   G   Dm7  G13  G11
When he hit the Yellowbrick Road to where the Grapes of Wrath are sweet



    C      Em      F      Am7
   Dance, Ginger, dance

   G                  G9(Dm/G)        Em7/G           G    
   The caftan of the caliph turns to powder at your glance

     Am7                  D7/9              G
   This one for Funny Face and Fancy Pants

      G        G9   Em7/G        Dm7/G   G    G7
   A buck and wing might fix the Broken Lance

                  C    Em7  Dm7  G7  G7  G7  G7  C
   And break my trance 


(Chord transcription by Gerry Smith, amended by Pete Atkin)
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