Vine Street chords by Van Dyke Parks

Chords with lyrics

Key: A augmentedA

Intro:

G+G
Singing so loud and gaily
G+G
Made the hills around him ring
G+G
Charmed a fair young lady
G+G
Charmed a fair young lady
G+G
Would you go forsake your husband now?
G+G
Would you forsake your baby?
G+G
Would you forsake your home, now hear
G+G
To go with Black Jack Davey?
G+G
Ride off with Black Jack Davey
G+G
Last night she slept on a warm feathered bed
G+G
Beside her husband and baby
G+G
Tonight she'll sleep and lay right beside
G+G
Ol' Black Jack Davey

Verse 1:
Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
That's the tape that we made
Bb majorBb    C minorCm      DmDm       A augmentedA Bb majorBb AbAb A augmentedA Bb majorBb
But I'm sad to say it never made the grade
 A augmentedA  Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb  G+G     GdimGdim Gdim7Gdim7 G7G7
That was me, third guitar
  Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb
I wonder where the others are


Interlude:
  G+G     C majorC
I sold the guitar today
  D7D7          G+G C majorC
I never did play much, anyway

GbGb

Chorus 1:
A augmentedA   E MajorE  A7A7  D MajorD FF  A augmentedA
Vine  Street

We used to live there
  BB
On Vine Street


Verse 2:
A augmentedA      D MajorD
She made perfume
    G# minorG#m  C# minorC#m
In the back of the room
  F# minorF#m    F#m/FF#m/F
And me and my group
     F#m/E     D#m7b5D#m7b5
We'd sit out  on the stoop
DmDm    C# minorC#m   E MajorE
And we'd play for her
   A augmentedA       D#m7b5D#m7b5
The songs she liked best
DmDm     C#C# G#sus4G#sus4 C#C# A augmentedA G#G# C#C#
To have us play
  A augmentedA  D MajorD E MajorE  A augmentedA
On Vine   Street


Chorus 2:
A augmentedA
Vine Street

The crack of the backbeat
  BB
On Vine Street


Verse 3:
A augmentedA      D MajorD
Swingin' along
     G# minorG#m  C# minorC#m
On the wings of a song
     F# minorF#m    F#m/FF#m/F
And I'll lie in, secure
   F#m/E    D#m7b5D#m7b5
Self-righteous and sure
DmDm      C# minorC#m   E MajorE
Why, we've things to say
     A augmentedA     D#m7b5D#m7b5
That the people would pay
  DmDm   C#C# G#sus4G#sus4 C#C# A augmentedA G#G# C#C#
To hear us play
  A augmentedA  D MajorD E MajorE  A augmentedA
On Vine   Street


Outro:
A augmentedA C#C# F#F# F#7A#7