Vine Street chords by Van Dyke Parks

Key: A

Intro:

G
Singing so loud and gaily
G
Made the hills around him ring
G
Charmed a fair young lady
G
Charmed a fair young lady
G
Would you go forsake your husband now?
G
Would you forsake your baby?
G

Would you forsake your home, now hear
G
To go with Black Jack Davey?
G
Ride off with Black Jack Davey
G
Last night she slept on a warm feathered bed
G
Beside her husband and baby
G
Tonight she'll sleep and lay right beside
G
Ol' Black Jack Davey




Verse 1:
Bb          Eb   Bb      Eb
That's the tape that we made
Bb       Cm            Dm              A  Bb Ab A Bb
But I'm sad to say it never made the grade
 A   Bb  Eb    G          Gdim  Gdim7 G7
That was me, third guitar
   Eb                Bb    Eb
I wonder where the others are


Interlude:
    G         C
I sold the guitar today
   D7                   G  C
I never did play much, anyway

Gb


Chorus 1:
A     E   A7    D  F   A
Vine    Street

We used to live there
    B
On Vine Street


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


Chorus 2:
A
Vine Street

The crack of the backbeat
    B
On Vine Street


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


Outro:
A C# F# A#7