Kay Starr

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree(Chords)

Kay Starr

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	        C          C/B        Am       Em    B7/13- 
I'm coming home, I've done my time 
         Gm7              A      Gdim   Dm    A7   Dm 
Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine 
    F              Fm     Fdim    C       C/B      Am  
If you received my letter telling you I'd soon be free 
D7        Am7       D9     Am7  Fm     Dm7        G7      Fm7     Gm7  Fm7 G7 
Then you know just what to do   if you still want me, If you still want me 
     C      C/B  Am7    Am7/G     Em        B7/13- 
Oh, tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree 
           A7   Gdim Gm7      A7      Dm    A7  Dm 
It's been three long years    do you still want me 
   F             Fm                C   E   Am 
If I don't see a ribbon round the old oak tree  
G7    C               C/B                         Am      Am7+     A9 
I'll stay on the bus, forget about us, put the blame on me  
   Dm       Dm7+ Dm7    Fm7     D7        G        C   Am Dm G7 
If I don't see a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree 
C          C/B     Am      Em    B7/13- 
Busdriver, please look for me 
          Gm7              A      Gdim     Dm    A7  Dm 
'Cause I couldn't bear to see what I might see 
     F        Fm     Fdim     C       C/B       Am 
I'm really in prison, and my love she holds the key 
  D7      Am7    D9       Am7   Fm     Dm7       G7 
A simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free 
   Fm7      Gm7  Fm7   G7 
I wrote and told her, please  
     C      C/B  Am7    Am7/G     Em        B7/13- 
Oh, tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree 
           A7   Gdim Gm7      A7      Dm    A7  Dm 
It's been three long years    do you still want me 
   F             Fm                C   E   Am 
If I don't see a ribbon round the old oak tree  
G7    C               C/B                        Am      Am7+     A9 
I'll stay on the bus, forget about us, ut the blame on me  
   Dm       Dm7+ Dm7    Fm7     D7        G        C   Am Dm G7 
If I don't see a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree 
C          C/B        Am       Em    B7/13- 
I'm coming home, I've done my time 
         Gm7              A      Gdim   Dm    A7   Dm 
Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine 
    F              Fm     Fdim    C       C/B      Am  
If you received my letter telling you I'd soon be free 
D7        Am7       D9     Am7  Fm     Dm7        G7      Fm7     Gm7  Fm7 G7 
Then you know just what to do   if you still want me, If you still want me 
     C      C/B  Am7    Am7/G     Em        B7/13- 
Oh, tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree 
           A7   Gdim Gm7      A7      Dm    A7  Dm 
It's been three long years    do you still want me 
   F             Fm                C   E   Am 
If I don't see a ribbon round the old oak tree  
        Dm         Dm7      Bb9                 Fdim  C        C/B    A7/9 
Now the whole damn bus is cheering, and I can't believe I see  
   Dm     Dm7    Fm7     Fdim      D7  G7    C  Em Gm A Dm G C 
A hundred yellow ribbons round the old oak tree
	        

Written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown

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