Biography:
John Sebastian (born John Benson Sebastian on 17 March 1944, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American songwriter and harmonica player. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. His tie-dyed denim jacket is prominently displayed there.
Early in their recording and airwave career, Lovin' Spoonful members termed their approach "good-time music". Unlike many pop groups of the day
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Words and Music by John Sebastian
Capo on 2nd fret Watch John Sebastian perform this song on YouTube
Fingerpicking Pattern
G7 C C/B
E|-----------1--------------1-|----------0----------------0-|aa
B|--------0-----0-------------|-------1---------------1-----|as
G|-----0-----------0----------|----0---------------0--------|-oe
D|----------------------------|-2---------------------------|
A|-2------------------2-------|----------------2------------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G7 C C/B C/A
She's a la-dy
C/G F
And I chanced to meet her
G7 C
In my scufflin days
C/B C/A C/G
She's a la-dy
F G7
Hypnotized me there that day
Am C/G F
I came to play in my usual way, hey
D Dmaj7 D7
Floating along with a whimsical twinkling
G G/F# Em7 A7
In her strange green eyes
D Dmaj7 D7
Linger with me. She said, 'Yes! '
G G/F# Em7 A7add4 A7 G7sus
And, oh, the time did fly.
G7 C C/B C/A
She's a la-dy
C/G F
Give her time for she's
G7 C
Allowed to change her mind
C/B C/A C/G
She's a la-dy
F G7
Happy to say she once was mine.
Am C/G F
Only some-times I remember old times
D Dmaj7 D7
And when she says, 'Can you guess, it's a dress
G/F# Em7 A7 D
You won't believe.
Dmaj7 D7
Would you come zip me up
G G/F# Em7
And button up my sleeve'.
A7sus A7 Dsus D
Oh, lady, lady of la-dies.
G G/F# Em7
I remember days that felt like
A7add4 A7 D
It was raining daisies.
An F. Kruger Tab,,, Enjoy!!!!!!
Capo on 2nd fret Watch John Sebastian perform this song on YouTube
Fingerpicking Pattern
G7 C C/B
E|-----------1--------------1-|----------0----------------0-|aa
B|--------0-----0-------------|-------1---------------1-----|as
G|-----0-----------0----------|----0---------------0--------|-oe
D|----------------------------|-2---------------------------|
A|-2------------------2-------|----------------2------------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G7 C C/B C/A
She's a la-dy
C/G F
And I chanced to meet her
G7 C
In my scufflin days
C/B C/A C/G
She's a la-dy
F G7
Hypnotized me there that day
Am C/G F
I came to play in my usual way, hey
D Dmaj7 D7
Floating along with a whimsical twinkling
G G/F# Em7 A7
In her strange green eyes
D Dmaj7 D7
Linger with me. She said, 'Yes! '
G G/F# Em7 A7add4 A7 G7sus
And, oh, the time did fly.
G7 C C/B C/A
She's a la-dy
C/G F
Give her time for she's
G7 C
Allowed to change her mind
C/B C/A C/G
She's a la-dy
F G7
Happy to say she once was mine.
Am C/G F
Only some-times I remember old times
D Dmaj7 D7
And when she says, 'Can you guess, it's a dress
G/F# Em7 A7 D
You won't believe.
Dmaj7 D7
Would you come zip me up
G G/F# Em7
And button up my sleeve'.
A7sus A7 Dsus D
Oh, lady, lady of la-dies.
G G/F# Em7
I remember days that felt like
A7add4 A7 D
It was raining daisies.
An F. Kruger Tab,,, Enjoy!!!!!!
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