Flamingo

Words & Music by Ed Anderson & Ted Grouya
Recorded by Duke Ellington, 1940, Herb Jeffries vocal


A7   D  Bm Em            A7          Dm     G7
Fla-min-go,      like a flame in the sky

       Gm7      Bb7    A7       Fdim   A7  D
Flying over the island    to my lover near-by


A7   D  Bm Em            A7          Dm     G7
Fla-min-go,     with your tropical hue

         Gm7     Bb7   A7         Fdim  A7      D
For it's you I rely on    and the love that is true


    Gm7          Gdim  Edim     F
The wind sings a song   to  you as you go

    Dm7          C7                        F    Bb   A7
The song that I hear below, the murmuring heart


A7   D  Bm  Em           A7            Dm  G7
Fla-min-go,     when the sun meets the sea

         Gm7        Bb7  A7     Fdim   A7 D
Say farewell to my lover    and hasten to me.

*Requested by a recent visitor who declined to be credited

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