Biography:
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was a jazz singer, bandleader, composer and actor. He was strongly associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer.
Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular big bands, Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, from the start of the 1930s through to the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Doc Cheatham
Read more on Last.fm
Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
To match the key of the original recording,
tune your guitar down 1/4 step
(E string will be between E and Eb).
The opening dialogue is set to a bass guitar
strumming some F notes.
F F7 Bb Bbm F C7 F
F
Oh, have you ever met that funny reefer man?
F C7
Have you ever met that funny reefer man?
F F7
If he says he swam to China,
Bb Bbm
And he'll sell you South Carolina,
F C7 F
Then you know you're talkin' to that reefer man
F
Have you ever met that funny reefer man?
F C7
Have you ever met that funny reefer man?
F F7
If he says he walks the ocean,
Bb Bbm
Any time he takes the notion,
F C7 F
Then you know you're talkin' to the reefer man
F
Have you ever met this funny reefer man?
F C7
Oh, baby baby baby reefer man
F F7
If he trades you dimes for nickles
Bb Bbm
And calls watermelons "pickles,"
F C7 F
Then you know you're talkin' to that reefer man
F
Have you ever met the funny reefer man?
F C7
Have you ever met the funny reefer man?
F F7
If he takes a sudden mania,
Bb Bbm
Wants to give you Pennsylvania,
F C7 F
Then you know you're talkin' to the reefer man
F
Have you ever met the funny reefer man?
F C7
Have you ever met the funny reefer man?
F F7
If he says Wall Street is panicked
Bb Bbm
Cause he won't sell the Atlantic,
F C7 F
Then you know you're talkin' to that reefer man
F F# G Eb7 (Crescendo)
G# G#7 C# C#m G# Eb7 G# (Intro pattern)
G F# F F# F E (Exit chords)
tune your guitar down 1/4 step
(E string will be between E and Eb).
The opening dialogue is set to a bass guitar
strumming some F notes.
F F7 Bb Bbm F C7 F
F
Oh, have you ever met that funny reefer man?
F C7
Have you ever met that funny reefer man?
F F7
If he says he swam to China,
Bb Bbm
And he'll sell you South Carolina,
F C7 F
Then you know you're talkin' to that reefer man
F
Have you ever met that funny reefer man?
F C7
Have you ever met that funny reefer man?
F F7
If he says he walks the ocean,
Bb Bbm
Any time he takes the notion,
F C7 F
Then you know you're talkin' to the reefer man
F
Have you ever met this funny reefer man?
F C7
Oh, baby baby baby reefer man
F F7
If he trades you dimes for nickles
Bb Bbm
And calls watermelons "pickles,"
F C7 F
Then you know you're talkin' to that reefer man
F
Have you ever met the funny reefer man?
F C7
Have you ever met the funny reefer man?
F F7
If he takes a sudden mania,
Bb Bbm
Wants to give you Pennsylvania,
F C7 F
Then you know you're talkin' to the reefer man
F
Have you ever met the funny reefer man?
F C7
Have you ever met the funny reefer man?
F F7
If he says Wall Street is panicked
Bb Bbm
Cause he won't sell the Atlantic,
F C7 F
Then you know you're talkin' to that reefer man
F F# G Eb7 (Crescendo)
G# G#7 C# C#m G# Eb7 G# (Intro pattern)
G F# F F# F E (Exit chords)
