Underneath The Harlem Moon chords by Rhiannon Giddens

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Lowell Summer Music Series 6-15-18 Boarding House Park

Intro:
  D        Bb A D   A  D       Bb    A     D
e|-------0-1--0--------------0-1-1-1-0-0-0--------|
B|---0-3--------3-0------0-3---------------3-0----|
G|-2----------------2--2-----------------------2--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

  D
e|---------------------|
B|-3-0-----------------|
G|-----2----0-2--------|
D|--------4-----3-2-0--|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|


Verse 1:
D                                             A
Creole babies walk along with rhythm in their thighs
D                 A                 Gm
  Rhythm in their hips and in their lips and in their eyes
A7
Where the highbrows find the kind of love that satisfies
D                A      D    A7
  Underneath the Harlem moon

Verse 2:
D                       A         D
We don't pick no cotton,  picking cotton is taboo
                                 Gm
We don't live in cabins like the old folks used to do
    A7
Our cabin is a penthouse up on St. Nicholas Avenue
D               Bb A   D   Db7
Underneath that Harlem moon

Chorus 1:
Gbm                 D
    We just live for dancing
Gbm                        D
    We're never blue or forlorn
A             Bbm  B7             E7
  It ain't no sin    to laugh and grin
A                                    D
  That's why we schwartzes were born

Verse 3:
                 A           D
We shout "Hallelujah!" every time we're feeling low
                                     Gm
And every sheik is dressed up like a Georgia gigolo
A7
White folks call it madness, but I call it hi-de-ho
D               Bb A   D    A7
Underneath that Harlem moon

Verse 4:
    D                                           A
Now once we wore bandanas, now we wear Parisian hats
D                                Gm
Once we were barefoot, now we're sporting shoes and spats
A7                            A
Once we were Republicans, but now we're Democrats
D              Bb A   D   A7
Underneath the Harlem moon

Verse 5:
     D
Now, we don't pick no cotton, picking cotton is taboo
                                  Gm
All we pick is numbers and that includes you white folks too
       A7
'Cause if we hit, we pay our rent on any avenue
D              Bb A   D    A7
Underneath the Harlem moon

Solo:
| Dm | Dm D | D | Gm | A7 |

| A7 | D / Bb A | D A | D |

| Dm | D | Gm | A | A | D |

| D Db7 |

Chorus 2:
Gbm                  D
    We just thrive on dancing
Gbm                    D
    Why be blue and forlorn
       A                    Bbdim   Bm       E
We just laugh and grin, ha! Let the landlord in
A                                  Am
That's why house rent parties were born

Verse 6:
D
  And then we drink our gin,
A                  D
  Puff our reefers when we're feeling low
D
Then we're ready to go out and
               Gm
Take charge of any so-and-so
      A7
Don't stop for law, no traffic,
A7
When we're raring to go
D              Bb A   D   Am7
Underneath the Harlem moon
D                Bb A   D
  Underneath the Harlem moon