Dinah (D)
Music - Harry Akst
Key: D
Lyrics - Sam Lewis and Joe Young
Copyright 1925

File Created 11/22/2014
File Edited 05/27/2019

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Verse 1:

D        A7
Carolina gave me Dinah,
D       Bm7             E7              A7
I'm the proudest one be-neath the Dixie sun,
D                 F#m     B7
News is spreadin' 'bout a weddin'
A F#m  Bm7
I hear church bells ringin'
E7                 A7          A7+5
Here's the song my heart keeps singing

Chorus:

D
Dinah, is there any one finer,
                    A7
In the state of Carolina,
                    D    Bm7 E7          A7
If there is and you know ‘er show 'er to me

D
Dinah, with her Dixie eyes blazin'
                      A7
How I love to sit and gaze in
                     D  F#7
To the eyes of Dinah Lee

Bm          F#aug    Bm7        E7
Ev'ry night why do I shake with fright,
            Bm7
Be-cause my Dinah might
E7                    A7 A7+5
Change her mind about me.

D
Dinah, if she wandered to China
                     A7
I would hop an ocean liner,
                      D   A7
Just to be with Dinah Lee!

Verse 2:

D             A7
Some designer modeled Dinah,
D       Bm7            E7              A7
He must be the one who made the golden sun,
D                 F#m      B7
Heaven bless her, she said "Yes, Sir",
A   F#m Bm7
All day long I'm prayin'
E7         A7         A7+5
Even in my dreams I'm sayin'

Chorus Repeat:
D


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