Old Cape Cod

Words & Music by Claire Rothrock, Milt Yakus & Allan Jeffrey
Recorded by Patti Page, 1957 (#3)


D                 D6              Am7  D9
If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air,

G              G+7     Gm         C9      D
Quaint little villages here and there,

                B7               E9  Edim  A7   Cdim  Em7   A7   A7+5
You're sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod.



D                D6         Am7     D9
If you like the taste of a lobster stew

G            G+7            Gm    C9       D
Served by a window with an ocean view,

               B7                E9  Edim  D6   Gdim   D   D+5      
You're sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod.


Bridge:

  G       A7               F#m7    Bm7-5
Winding roads that seem to beckon you,

 Em7      A7                 D       D7
Miles of green beneath the skies of blue;

 G           Fdim          D  Am   E7
Church bells chiming on a Sunday morn

   Em7             E9        A7       A7+5
Remind you of the town where you were born.



D               D6              Am7      D9
If you spend an evening, you'll want to stay,

G             G+7         Gm       C9         D
Watching the moonlight on Cape Cod Bay;

       Am6   B7                  E9  Edim  D     DM7     D6
You're sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod.


 Coda:

         Em7             A7
 You're sure to fall in love,

        G/B    A7sus4    A7
 You're sure to fall in love 

      A7+5      D6    Fdim   Em7   A7    A7+5    D6
 With Old Cape Cod.



 
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