• Song:

    Hello Dolly

  • Artist:

    Louis Armstrong

  • Album:

    The Essential Satchmo

Hello, Dolly:Louis Armstrong.
#1 in 1964. It broke the Beatles' streak
of 3 #1 hits in a row. The nickname 'Satchmo'
stood for 'Satchel Mouth.'

#1. (Original key. See it on YouTube.)
NC          C                     Am
I said hel..lo, dolly..well, hel..lo, Dolly.
        Cm7              Cdim             Dm G7
It's so nice to have you back where you belong.
G7             Dm                   Bb
You're lookin' swell, Dolly...I can tell, Dolly.
             Dm                     G7
You're still glowin'...you're still crowin'...you're
      C     Cdim  G7   
still go....in'   strong.
            C                       Am
I feel that room swayin'..while the band's playin'..
       Gm7                C7                   Fm7
one of your old favourite songs, from way back when.
E7  Am       Em            Am                Em
So, take her wrap, fellas..find her an empty lap, fellas..
D7             G7       C    Cdim Dm G7
Dolly'll never go away again.

REPEAT#1.
ADD:
     Am     Em             Am                Em
So...golly, gee, fellas....find her an empty knee, fellas..
D7             G7                D7           G7
Dolly'll never go away....I said she'll never go away..
D7             G7        C  G7 C
Dolly'll never go away, again.


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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