[Dixielandjazz] "Im Comin' Virginia" chords, etc.

[Bryan Livett]

Hi Dave:  "I'm Coming, Virginia" is sometimes ascribed to Hoagy Carmichael,
although there is some doubt about it.  It was recorded by Bing Crosby (with
Paul Whiteman) prior to 1927 and there are other recordings around that time
by Django Reinhardt and, of course, Bix Beiderbecke.

There are some sample transcriptions @
http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/hoagy-idx.pl?type=itemlist&idno=ATM-MC2
-1-3&size=First+30  (Indiana University Archives).

Most commonly the chords are:

Verse:
 Fm /  Fm7 /     Db7 /  C7  /   Fm ///   Fm   ///
 C  / Cm  / D7  / G7  / Cm /// Cm Db7  C7 /
 Fm  / Fm7  /   Db7 /  C7  /  Fm ///    Fm  ///
 C  / Cm /  D7  / G7  /Cm ///   ( C7 break  )

 Chorus:
 F  F7  F°  Bbm6   F ///   D7  /  G7 /  C7  /  F7  /
 Bb ///     G7  / C7 /   F   / Bb /     F  /  C7+5 /
 F  F7  F°  Bbm6   F  /  Dm /  Am  /  E7 /  Am ///
 Bm7b5  /  E7 /  Am7b5  / D7  / Gm7b5  / C7  /   F  /  F7  /
 Bb ///       Bbm ///       G7  ///         C7 ///
 Gm7///    Gm7 /  C7 /     F  /  Bb /      F  ///

Enjoy,  Bryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Gravatt" <dave at creolejazz.com>
To: "Dixieland Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 11:26 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] "Im Comin' Virginia" chords, etc.


> Hey, gang. I'm looking for the chords (V & C), original key, composer, and
> date of "I'm Coming Virginia". Any takers? Thanks a lot.
>
> Dave
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