Sweet Annie Laurie Cifras

Sweet Annie Laurie:Sammy Turner.
(And The Twisters.)
#100 on BB Hot 100 on BIG TOP Records
in 1959. (Original was a Scottish poem
approx. 300 yrs. old. There are two more
verses but Turner didn't do them.)
 
INTRO: Ab
 
#1.
Ab                  Db            Ab
Maxwelton braes are bonnie, where early 
(bup-a-dah-dah)     (bup-a-dah-dah)
          Eb
falls the dew.
(bup-a-dah-dah)
Eb       Ab               Db
And twas there that Annie Laurie, gave 
(bup-a-dah-dah)        (bup-a-dah-dah)
Ab     Db      Ab           Db
me her promise true..(bup-a-dah-dah-dah-
    Ab
dah-dah)
 
CHORUS:
            Eb       Ab
Gave me her promise, true..gave me her
Eb      Ab
promise true.
         Eb  Db               Ab
Aaa-aaaa-and for bonnie Annie Laurie,
(bup-a-dah-dah)        (bup-a-dah-dah)
         Db       Ab          Db
I lay me down and die..(bup-a-dah-dah-dah-
    Ab
dah-dah)
 
CHORUS:
            Eb       Ab
Gave me her promise, true..gave me her
Eb      Ab
promise true.
    Fm           Db              Ab
Aaa-aaaa-and for my bonnie Annie Laurie,
(bup-a-dah-dah)        (bup-a-dah-dah)
         Db       Ab          Db
I lay me down and die..(bup-a-dah-dah-dah-
    Ab
dah-dah)
 
 
INTERLUDE: Ab Db Dbm Ab Eb Ab Db Ab Db Ab Db Ab
(bup-a-dah-dah-dah)     (bup-a-dah-dah-dah)
 
 
CHORUS:
            Eb       Ab
Gave me her promise, true..gave me her
Eb      Ab
promise true.
    Fm           Db              Ab
Aaa-aaaa-and for my bonnie Annie Laurie,
(bup-a-dah-dah)        (bup-a-dah-dah)
         Db       Ab          Db
I lay me down and die..(bup-a-dah-dah-dah-
    Ab
dah-dah)
 
OUTRO:
Abm7 Ab     Db       Ab          Db
I    lay me down and die..(bup-a-dah-dah-dah-
    Ab
dah-dah)
    Ab       Db       Ab
I lay me down and die..(Fade.)
 
 
 
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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