Underneath The Harlem Moon - Rhiannon Giddens Chords
Chords: D, Bb, A, Gm, A7, Db7, Gbm, Bbm, B7, E7
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Genre: folk, blues, soul
Lowell Summer Music Series 6-15-18 Boarding House Park
[Intro]
D Bb A D A D Bb A D D
[Verse 1]
D A
Creole babies walk along with rhythm in their thighs
D A Gm
Rhythm in their hips and in their lips and in their eyes
A7
Where the highbrows find the kind of love that satisfies
D A D A7
Underneath the Harlem moon
[Verse 2]
D A D
We don't pick no cotton, picking cotton is taboo
Gm
We don't live in cabins like the old folks used to do
A7
Our cabin is a penthouse up on St. Nicholas Avenue
D Bb A D Db7
Underneath that Harlem moon
[Chorus 1]
Gbm D
We just live for dancing
Gbm D
We're never blue or forlorn
A Bbm B7 E7
It ain't no sin to laugh and grin
A D
That's why we schwartzes were born
[Verse 3]
A D
We shout "Hallelujah!" every time we're feeling low
Gm
And every sheik is dressed up like a Georgia gigolo
A7
White folks call it madness, but I call it hi-de-ho
D Bb A D A7
Underneath that Harlem moon
[Verse 4]
D A
Now once we wore bandanas, now we wear Parisian hats
D Gm
Once we were barefoot, now we're sporting shoes and spats
A7 A
Once we were Republicans, but now we're Democrats
D Bb A D A7
Underneath the Harlem moon
[Verse 5]
D
Now, we don't pick no cotton, picking cotton is taboo
Gm
All we pick is numbers and that includes you white folks too
A7
'Cause if we hit, we pay our rent on any avenue
D Bb A D A7
Underneath the Harlem moon
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