I Guess I'll Get The Papers (and Go Home) Chords

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I Guess I'll Get The Papers (and Go Home) by Louis Amstrong is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, F#m, B7, Cdim, E7, Bm5-/7, A7, Em7, A, Fdim, Edim and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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   D                 F#m            B7 
I guess I'll get the papers and go home, 
     Cdim       E7  Bm5-/7  E7         Cdim   E7 
Like I've been doin' ever since we've been apart. 
  A7       Em7   A7     A  Fdim A7 
I get some consolation when I  read, 
   D       F#m      B7    Edim  A7 
Of someone else's lonely    heart 
   D            F#m            B7 
I wonder if you get the papers too, 
   Cdim     E7    Bm5-/7 E7   Cdim  E7 
And if you feel as melancholy as I do 
   D         F#m    B7         D      F#m     Bb 
Until you're in my arms again, never more to roam  
   D         B7       E7   Edim     D 
I guess I'll get the papers and go home 
    	

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