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Their biggest of their 5 hits of 1939 was ballad "Address Unknown". This was their first #1
hit on the US Pop Charts.
[Chords]
A7 5x565x
A9 x4545x
Abdim 4x343x
Adim 5x454x
Bdim 7x676x
Bm7 7X777X
D7 x5453x
Dm7 5x353x
E7 x7675x
Eaug x7655x
Ebaug X6544X
Em7 7x575x
Em9 x75777
G6 3x243x
Gmaj7 3x543x
[Intro]
G6 Abdim Am7 D7
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------7--|
G|--------------------------------------5--|
D|-----0--2--0-----0--2--0-----0--2--0--7--|
A|--------------------------0-----------5--|
E|--3-----------4--------------------------|
[Verse]
Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7
Address un known,
G6 Am6 D7
not even a trace of you
Em7 Gmaj7
Oh what I'd give
G6 Em7 Eaug
to see the face of you
[Bridge]
Em9 E7
I was a fool to stay
Abdim Am7 Ebaug
A way from you so long
G6
I should have known
A7 Am7 D7
there'd come a day when you'd be gone
[Verse]
Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7
Address un known,
G6 Abdim Am6 D7
oh how could I be so blind?
Em9 E7
To think that you
Bdim Am7 E7
would never be hard to find?
Dm7
From the place of your birth
A7
to the ends of the earth
G6 A9
I've searched only to find,
A9 Bdim Am7 Adim G6
only to find, address unknown
[Instrumental]
G6 Abdim Am7 D7
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------7--|
G|--------------------------------------5--|
D|-----0--2--0-----0--2--0-----0--2--0--7--|
A|--------------------------0-----------5--|
E|--3-----------4--------------------------|
[Verse]
(Spoken over chords)
Gmaj7
Address unknown, honey child,
Am6
I ain't even got a trace of ya
G6 Gmaj7 Bm7
You know one thing?
G6 Em7
I'd give anything in the world
Am7
just to see the face of ya
Em9 E7
I was a fool to stay away from
Abdim Am7 Ebaug
you and everything else so long
G6
I should have been diplomatic and
A7 Am7
figured that some day
Am6 D7
You'd be solid gone
[Verse]
Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7
Address un known,
G6 Abdim Am6 D7
oh how could I be so blind?
Em9 E7
To think that you
Bdim Am7 E7
would never be hard to find?
Dm7
From the place of your birth
A7
to the ends of the earth
G6 A9
I've searched only to find,
A9 Bdim Am7 Adim G6
only to find, address unknown