The Girl In The Yellow Dress ukulele

The Girl In The Yellow Dress

• Am

David Gilmour
"The Girl in the Yellow Dress"
From the album "Rattle that Lock" (2015)

I'm not sure if some of these chords are correctly named so I have provided the shapes below.
Please tell me if you know the proper names for these chords.

  Am   G#m7 Dm   F   E7
|-----------5-------------|
|-5---------6----1----0---|
|-5----4----7----2----1---|
|-7----3----7----3----0---|
|-7---------5----3----2---|
|-5----4---------1----0---|

  Am   Adim Am/D Am/C#  Dm   Dm/C# Dm7  Dm6
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-6----6-----6----6----|
|-5----5----5----5----|-7----7-----7----7----|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7-----7----7----|
|-7----6----5----4----|-5----4---------------|
|-5----5----5----5----|------------8----7----|

Am  G#m7  Am7
She mesmerizes with a smile
Dm
Dark eyes as compelling as the bourbon
Am  G#m7  Am7                  F
That girl in the canary yellow dress
E7
Says yes

Am  G#m7  Am7
She flips a pack of cigarettes
Dm
He doesn't smoke, but he takes one nonetheless
Am  G#m7  Am7                F                  E7
It helps to keep his motives true, the girl was blue
     F                                E7
What else is the poor boy supposed to do

Am  Adim    Am/D   Am/C#             
She bounces like a flame, 
Am         A
clothes on her
Dm   Dm/C#  Dm7    Dm6
Eyes closed Yellow dress
F#       F
Runs and swirls

Am   G#m7      Am7
It's late, the hour's growing horns
Dm
The band seems to draw her ever closer
Am   G#m7      Am7               F                 E7
This girl gets right down in the groove, grooves a move
F                                    E7
Leads him out to where they play the blues

Am  Adim   Am/D   Am/C#
She dances like a flame
Am
Has no cares, yellow-dressed flame
Dm   Dm/C#   Dm7  Dm6
Eyes closed, arms above
    F#                F
She shakes pearls and snakes

Bbm  Am7         Bbm7
Too late in this folie a troix
Ebm
He sees that the heart is pounding for
Bbm Am7       Bbm7              F#                 F7
Big daddy who falls down to his knees, begging her please
F#                                    F7
Lifts his sax, says "here's my little tease"

Bbm Bdim    Bm/Eb    Bm/D
Her dancing sets the place on fire
Bbm        Bb
Heaven and hell
Ebm Ebm/D       Ebm7   Ebm6
The flames come up his spine
       G                  F#
As she shakes, whirls and snakes 

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