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You knew something awful was going to happen when they changed key after only
one verse...

                               "Patches"
                      (Barry Mann - Larry Kolber)

Intro:

	Ab7[xx4114] (xx1112@1)
Verse 1:

	 Db (x43121@1)                   Gb (244322@1)        Db/Ab
	Down by the river that flows by the coalyards
	 Db (x43121@1)                     Gb (244322@1)          Ab (xx1114@1)Stand wooden houses with shutters torn down
	  Db (x43121@1)         Fm (133111@1)      Gb (244322@1)       Db/Ab
	There lives agirl (x02210@1)everybody calls Patches
	 Db (x43121@1)                   Ab7 (xx1112@1)      Db (x43121@1)   A7 (x02020@1)Patches, my darling, of old Shantytown

[key change to D]

Verse 2:

	D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)              D/A (x00232@1)We planned to marry when June brought the summer
	D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride
	 D (xx0232@1)        F#m (244222@1)         G (320003@1)     D/A (x00232@1)Now I don't see how that ever can happen
	D (xx0232@1)                      A7 (x02020@1)          D (xx0232@1)My folks say no and my heart breaks inside

Chorus 1:

	  D (xx0232@1)       A/G (302220@1)      A7 (x02020@1)  [the A/Gis (302220@1)probably Amistake] (x02220@1)	Patches, oh what can I do
	G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)I swear I'll always love you
	       G (320003@1)                             D (xx0232@1)        Bm (x24432@1)But agirl (x02210@1)from that place will just bring me disgrace
	   D (xx0232@1)             A7 (x02020@1)        D (xx0232@1)  Bb7 (x13131@1)So my folks won't let me love you

	[key change to Eb]

Verse 3:

	Eb (x43121@3)                   Ab (xx1114@1)         Eb/Bb (x43121@3)Each night I cry as I think of that shanty
	Eb (x43121@3)                       Ab (xx1114@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)And pretty Patches there watching the door
	Eb (x43121@3)         Gm (355333@1)        Ab (xx1114@1)        Eb/Bb (x43121@3)She doesn't know that I can't come to see her
	 Eb (x43121@3)                      Bb7 (x13131@1)       Eb (x43121@3)  B7 (x21202@1)Patches must think that I love her no more

	[key change to E]

Verse 4:

	E (022100@1)                A (x02220@1)        E/B (443121@4)I hear aneighbor (x02210@1)telling my father
	E (022100@1)                     A (x02220@1)          B (x2444x@1)He says agirl (x02210@1)name of Patches was found
	 E (022100@1)          G#m (133111@4)         A (x02220@1)       E/B (443121@4)Floating face down in that dirty old river
	       E (022100@1)                     B7 (x21202@1)       E (022100@1)That flows by the coalyards in old Shantytown

Chorus 2:

	  E (022100@1)        B (x2444x@1)Patches, oh what can I do
	A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)I swear I'll always love you
	    A (x02220@1)                       E (022100@1)        C#m (x13321@4)It may not be right but I'll join you tonight
	  E[N.C.] (022100@1)	Patches, I'm comin' to you


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers