When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays454

When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along by Mel Torme is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D9, G, G6, D7, Em, Am7, G/B, G7, G7/13-, C, C/B, Am7/G, Em7, Em6, A9, A7, Fdim, Am, Cm, Cm7, G/F#, Gdim and Edim. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D9    G        G6 
When the red, red robin comes 
D9     D7     G   Em   Am7   D7 
Bob, bob bobbin' along, along 
         G          
There'll be no more sobbin' when 
D9       D7         G   G/B     G7  G7/13- 
He starts throbbin' his old, sweet song 
C    C/B Am7     Am7/G 
Wake up, wake up,you sleepy head 
G    G/B   Em7     Em6 
Get up, get up, get out of bed 
A9     Em7    A9      A7 
Cheer up, cheer up the sun is red 
D7    Fdim  Am7         D9   D7    
Live, love, laugh and be happy 
G          
What if I've been blue  
D9    D7           G  Em   Am7 D7 
Now I'm walkin' through fields  of flow'rs 
G          
Rain may glisten, but  
D9        D7        G  G/B    G7   G7/13- 
Still I listen for hours  and hours 
C         Am    
I'm just a kid again  
Cm         Cm7 
Doin' what I did again 
G   G/F#  Gdim Edim 
Singin' a song 
D9    G       G6 
When the red, red robin comes 
D9     D7     G     Am7 G 
Bob, bob bobbin' along 
    	

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100 BPM Andante