The Old Piano Roll Blues

Words & Music by Cy Coben
Recorded by Hoagy Carmichael & Betty Hutton, 1950


D  A7  Fdim D     A7    D7     A7        D7     A7   D9   Am7
I wan - na hear it a - gain, I wan - na hear it a - gain.

    G6  G5  G6   G5        G
The Old Pi - an - o Roll Blues.

       D         Am7   D7        Am7     G6    Cm7-5 G6
We're sit - tin' at an up - right,   my sweetie and  me.

A7        Em7     A7        Em7         D9        Am7   D7
Push - in' on the ped - als, ma - kin' sweet har - mo - ny. 

  D  A7 Fdim  D         A7  D7       A7      D7           A7  D9   Am7
When we hear rin - ki - ty tink, and we hear plin - ki - ty plink,

G  G/F#      Em7       Dm6  E7         
We cud - dle clo - ser, it seems, 

             C     C/B   Am       Am7 Cm7     Cm7-5
And while we kiss, kiss, kiss a - way all our cares, 

     G       G/F#  Em7     Bm7-5       E7        Fdim   E7
The play - er pi - an - o's play - in' raz - za - ma - tazz. 

 Fdim       D      A7   D7     A7        D7     A7   D9   Am7  C
I wan - na hear it a - gain, I wan - na hear it a - gain.

             D7     Am7   G     
The Old Pi - an - o Roll Blues.

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