help with chords

compuserve · Post by **compuserve** » 21 Oct 2000 4:15 am

COULD ANYONE OF YOU PLEASE HELP ME WITH THE CHORDS OF THE TUNE ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET AS SUNG BY WILLIE NELSON? IN ANY KEY THANKS.JIMBO

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John Steele (deceased) · Post by **John Steele (deceased)** » 21 Oct 2000 9:47 am

Ok, here goes: (In C) (The most popular key to play it in)
<pre>
|C |E7 |F6 |Bm7b5 E7 |
|A- |D7 |D- G7|(E- A7 D- G7|
|C |E7 |F6 |Bm7b5 E7 |
|A- |D7 |D- G7|C |
Chorus:
|G- |C7 |F | |
|A- |D7 |G7 |D- G7 |

|C |E7 |F6 |Bm7b5 E7 |
|A- |D7 |D- G7|C (G7)|
</pre>
I wrote the optional turnarounds in (brackets).
Popular legend has it that Fats Waller actually wrote this song, and sold it cheap for drinking money. Later regretting it, he couldn't stand to hear anyone play it.
-John [This message was edited by John Steele on 21 October 2000 at 10:50 AM.]

Tim Rowley · Post by **Tim Rowley** » 22 Oct 2000 7:50 pm

An couple interesting but simple substitutions: try using E aug on the second 2 beats of the second chord in the first and third lines of the verse and the first line of the release. Try using G aug on the last 2 beats of the last chord in the second line of the bridge. The resolution naturally takes you where you need to go.

Tim R.