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In A Mellow Tone
Words & Music by Duke Ellington & Milt GablerRecorded by The Mills Brothers, 1955
A D9 Bm7-5 D Cdim E7 Cdim E7 A6 Cdim A6
In a mel - low tone, feeling fan - cy free;
A D9 Bm7-5 A7 Em7 A7 Em7 Fdim D6 Fdim D6
And I'm not a - lone -- I've got com - pa - ny
F#m Bm7 D Dm Dm6 A C#m7 F#7
Ev' - ry - thing's o - kay the live long day
B7 D Cdim Bm7-5 Cdim Bm7-5 E7 Fdim E7
With this mel - low song, I can't go wrong
A D9 Bm7-5 D Cdim E7 Cdim E7 A6 Cdim A6
In a mel - low tone -- that's the way to live
A D9 Bm7-5 A7 Em7 A7 Em7 Fdim D6 Fdim D6
If you mope and groan, some - thing's got - ta give
F#m Bm7 D Dm Dm6 A C#m7 F#7
Just go your way and laugh and play
B7 D Cdim Bm7-5 Cdim Bm7-5 A C#m7 F#7
There's joy un - known in a mel - low tone.
D Dm E7 A D9 A
How I love when the band starts to play;
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They play such sweet mu - sic that they blow all my cares a - way.
Cdim Bm7-5 D Dm Dm6 A C#m7 F#7
I should knock on wood when the sax - es moan
B7 D Cdim Bm7-5 Cdim Bm7-5 E7
'Cause it feels so good in a mel - low tone.
A D9 Bm7-5 D Cdim E7 Cdim E7 A6 Cdim A6
In a mel - low tone -- that's the way to live
A D9 Bm7-5 A7 Em7 A7 Em7 Fdim D6 Fdim D6
If you mope and groan, some - thing's got - ta give
F#m Bm7 D Dm Dm6 A C#m7 F#7
Just go your way and laugh and play
B7 D Cdim Bm7-5 Cdim Bm7-5 A6 Cdim A6 E7/9 A6
There's joy un - known in a mel - low tone.
*Suggested by recent visitor Richard Garcia.