Tuxedo Junction

Words & Music by Buddy Feyne, William Johnson, Erskin Hawkins & Julian Dash
Recorded by Glenn Miller, 1940


G7      Fdim  C   Am7     F          G7
   Way down south     in Bir - ming - ham

  Fdim  C    Am7   Dm7      G7
I mean south    in Al - a - bam'

 C              C7         F     Cdim
There's an old place where people go

     C        G   G6    C    CM7  7
To dance the night a - way.

C7/9    F7      F7/9 F7  F7/9  F7   C         Am7  C  C7
It's a junction          where the town folks meet

C7/9    F7      Fdim   C  A7   Dm6   G7
At each function in a tux they greet you


    Fdim  C    Am7     F        G7
They all drive     or walk for miles

   Fdim  C    Am7      Dm7      G7
To get jive      that southern style

C            C7         F      Cdim
It's an old jive that makes you want

    C           G   G6  C   CM7  C7  C7/9
To dance till break of day

C7/9    F7      F7/9 F7  F7/9  F7   C         Am7  C  C7
It's a junction          where the town folks meet

C7/9    F7      Fdim   C  A7   Dm6   G7
At each function in a tux they greet you


    Fdim  C    Am7     F        G7
Come on down,      forget your care

    Fdim  C    Am7        Dm7      G7
Come on down,      you'll find me there

C        C7         F    Cdim
So long town, I'm heading for

   C    G   G6   C   CM7  C7
Tuxedo Junction now.

*Adapted slightly from a chart posted by Kitch in the alt.guitar.tab newsgroup. Glenn Miller's classic version was recorded as an instrumental, and he is credited here because his is the benchmark, at least in my view, so the lyrics which Miller didn't use are synthesized here from several other recorded versions.

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.