(Actually I probably have quite a few, but these are sort of "ready to go.") I like taking old Tin Pan Alley tunes or old piano-jazz tunes (Fats Waller, Jellyroll Morton, etc) and re-arranging them into a fingerstyle guitar tune. I have a couple of tunes that might fit the kind of stuff you're looking for. (I used the key of C too.) When I get a chance (I'm at work now) I'll go over it and try to see how I did (would do) it. I haven't played it for a long time and when I did it was just "messing around" with it. Like I mentioned above, they aren't my chord tabs. I wish I could find a fingerstyle Tin Pan Alley songbook. They are fun to sing along with the residents, also because it's mainly the ones they know. I have been in my old kind of show tune lately for work. It looks like that's where my problem changes are at except for the January, February part. Mainly I think when I can get the fingering down in the Refrain I'll be able to do the song. A good amount of the song I am picking up on like that part I can play really smooth. The C,F,C,G,C,C7 part in that is exactly the way I hear it so I know I like this version. Is that the way you would try those chords or different positioning? I did notice one thing definitely with the January, February,etc. The Dm7 I have been using is fretting 1st and 2nd strings in 1st fret and 3rd string in 2nd fret. I have been playing the Fdim out of first position being high E string on first fret and fretting G string on first fret with D open on to the A7 fretting 2nd and 4th strings. The Fdim to A7 where the "Shine on" part is and some of the the G to Dm7 changes. I had tab for that one.Some of the changes I am going to just have to work on cause I play it fingerstyle. Yeah, I had been practicing on the one in the key of C. I ain't had no lovin' since January, February, June or July. So shine on, shine on harvest moon, for me n’ my gal
Snowtime ain’t no time to sit outdoors and spoon I ain’t had no lovin since January, February, June or July Shine on, shine on harvest moon, up in the sky Little maid was kinda ‘fraid of darkness, so she said I think I’ll goīoy began to sigh, looked up in the sky and told the moon his little tale of woe, oh There’s a couple sittin ‘neath the willow tree, for love, they pine The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see, cause the moon refused to shine I find barre chords and finger/thumbpicking works best. Notes: This is really a basic chord, intended for use as a jumping off point.
Accurate? I don't know…but thoroughly playable.) The chording is taken from shaky recollections of the version Redbone played on Saturday Night Live several years ago. (This version is a synthesis of divergent lyric sources, including some material provided by Tony Casazza (whose assistance is much-appreciated, especially for the second verse which I've never seen anywhere else) and versions I've heard and sung along with in piano bars for more years than I'm willing to admit to. Recorded by Leon Redbone, 1977 (See Below) Words & Music by Jack Norworth & Nora Bayes-Norworth, 1938 Harvest moon will smile, shine on all the while, I can't see why a boy should cry when by his sideĪll he has to say is, "Won't you be my bride, for I love you."īut why should I be telling you this secret when So shine on, shine on, harvest moon, for me and my gal." Snow time ain't no time to stay outdoors and spoon, I ain't had no lovin' since January, February, June or Ju-ly. "Shine on, shine on, harvest moon up in the sky
The boy began to sigh, looked up in the sky,Īnd told the moon his little tale of woe. The little maid was kinda 'fraid of darkness, so The Harvest moon will smile, Shine on all the while,Ĭouple sittin' underneath the willow tree for love they pined. When All he has to say is "Won't you be my bride, I can't see why a boy should sigh, when by his side Snow time ain't no time to stay out doors and spoon, Shine on, shine on harvest moon up in the sky. The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see, Levy Collection, Johns Hopkins University)
SHINE ON HARVEST MOON (Various Chord-Tabs)