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Maginot Waltz

This is from the album Easy and without tab software I am restricted to simply 
posting the chords, so you will need to listen closely to get the picking right. 
The main thing is use a clear waltz rhythmn in the bass,picking strings 6/4/4 each 
bar for the first two lines. The bass moves betwen 5/3/3 and 5/4/4 as the chords 
change.

I have tabbed it in G but I think (from memory as I have long since lost the 
album) that Ralph uses a capo on the 1st fret.


G#9                      F#aug  
All off to Brighton in a charabanc
G#9                         F#aug  
Albert played his banjo and how we sang.
    C         C                 G
The beer was expensive but the laughter was free
    A                     D (D run)
Oh how we do love to all be beside the sea.  

G#9                       F#aug  
Albert had a cousin named Marjorie
G#9                                  F#aug  
And I had been noticing that she had noticed me.
C            Eb7      G  (Gmaj7)  E
I quickly decided if she didn't mind
          A              D       G   (G run)
I would spend the day in her gay company.

We shared a plate of whelks strolling side by side.
I said she weren't too old to take a donkey ride
But I didn't mind when she laughed and said no
So we paused for a while and listened to the minstrel show.

There was a notice at the Palace Pier
It said there was to be a dance that night and it wasn't dear.
I explained of course that I could only waltz
And so we waltzed to every tune they played.

Instrumental break

C | C | G         | G  |
D | D)   | G         | G7 |
C | Eb7  | G (Gmaj7) | E  |
A | D    | G         |(G run)


Nine o'clock come round we had to take the charabanc
Albert was too drunk to play the banjo but still we sang
All except Marjorie, I could tell at a glance
Because me and Albert was leaving for France.

I said "We'll both be home in a week or two
Me and Albert and Lord Kitchener will teach the Hun a thing or two.
I'm sure to return, after me do not yearn
And we will waltz together all our lives through."


G#9     3x030x
F#aug   2x0332 
C       x32010
C    x32013
Eb7     xx1323


D run   2 0 - - - - - - - -|
        3 - 3 2 1 - 0 1 2 3|
        2 - - - - 2 - - - -|   
        0 - - - - - - - - -|
        - - - - - - - - - -|
        - - - - - - - - - -|

G run   - - - - 0 3|
        - - 0 3 - -|
        0 3 - - - -|   
        0 - - - - -|
        - - - - - -|
        3 - - - - 3|

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