My Shy Violet

Words & Music by Earl Shuman & Leon Carr
Recorded by The Mills Brothers, 1968


Intro:   | A | Edim | D9 |   E   -  Cm7-5 - Bm7-5 |

A  G#7 Cdim(IV)    C#7
My shy    Vi - o - let

F#7 Gdim      F#7       Bm7-5     B7
Her kis - ses real - ly turned me on

E7 E7/6  E7    Cdim(IV)   Cdim  A
She was faith -  ful   as girls go

F#m     B7       Cdim   E7        Cm7-5 Bm7-5
And as girls go, she's gone - and left   me


A  G#7 Cdim(IV)    C#7
My shy    Vi - o - let

 F#7  Gdim       F#7    Bm7-5       B7
Guess that's the way the gar - den grows

   D       Dalt      Cdim(IV)
I nev- er would have   bet

     A     C#m7-5     F#7
That my shy  Vi - o - let

      D    B7    E7   E7/6   A
Could ever be a wild, wild rose.

Suggested by frequent visitor Joe Burke.

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