E   G A   C D   E   G A   C D
A   C D   F G   A   C D   F G    E

[Verse 1]
           E                      G A  C D        E                     G A  C
There's mosquitoes on the river,         Fish are rising up like birds
D         E                        G     A           C          D         E
It's been hot for seven weeks now,   too hot to even speak now,   did you hear what I just heard?
       E                          G A  C D     E                         G A  C D
Say it might have been a fiddle,         Or it could have been the wind
          E                       G     A          C         D        E
But there seems to be a beat now, I can feel it my feet now,   listen here it comes again!

[Walk up]
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[Verse 2]
[Chord Fingerings]
   A7  Adim7  Bdim/A  A         A6  Bdim/A   A   Adim7
E|-X-----X------X-----0-| |-0-----7------0-----8-|
B|-5-----4------3-----2-| |-7-----6------5-----7-|
G|-6-----5------4-----2-| |-6-----7------6-----8-|
D|-5-----4------3-----2-| |-7-----7------7-----7-|
A|-0-----0------0-----0-| |-X-----X------X-----X-|
E|-X-----X------X-----X-| |-X-----X------X-----X-|

A7                           Adim7      Bdim/A                              A
   There's a band out on the highway,            They're high steppin' into town
A7                        Adim7         Bdim/A                   A
   It's a rainbow full of sound,   It's fireworks, calliopes and clowns
            A6        Bdim/A  A  Adim7
Everybody's dancin'
A6                Bdim/A                  A                 Adim7   D   E
  C'mon children,         C'mon children, Come on clap your hands

[Verse 3]
A                       C D   F G       A                    C D   F G
Sun went down in honey,         And the moon came up in wine
         A                          C        D               F     G     D    E        A      E   F# B
You know stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord the band kept us so busy, we forgot about the time

[Verse 4]
          E                        G A  C D      E                      G A  C D
They're a band beyond description,        Like Jehovah's favorite choir
       E                     G         A                C     D             E
People joining hand in hand, while the music played the band, Lord, they're setting us on fire
      E                         G A  C D        E                    G A  C D
Crazy rooster crowin' midnight,        Balls of lightin' roll along
        E                        G     A                  C       D       E
Old men sing about their dreams, women laugh and children scream, and the band keeps playin' on

[Walk up]
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[Verse 5]
[Chord Fingerings]
   A7  Adim7  Bdim/A  A         A6  Bdim/A   A   Adim7
E|-X-----X------X-----0-| |-0-----7------0-----8-|
B|-5-----4------3-----2-| |-7-----6------5-----7-|
G|-6-----5------4-----2-| |-6-----7------6-----8-|
D|-5-----4------3-----2-| |-7-----7------7-----7-|
A|-0-----0------0-----0-| |-X-----X------X-----X-|
E|-X-----X------X-----X-| |-X-----X------X-----X-|

A7                          Adim7       Bdim/A                              A
   Keep on dancin' thru the daylight,            Greet the mornin' air with song
A7                            Adim7                         Bdim/A                        A
   No ones's noticed, but the band's all packed and gone,            was it ever there at all?
                 A6        Bdim/A  A  Adim7
But they keep on dancin'
A6                 Bdim/A                  A                 Adim7   D   E
  C'mon children,          C'mon children, Come on clap your hands

[Verse 6]
         A                            C D  F G       A                    C D  F G
Well the cool breeze came on Tuesday,        And the corn's a bumper crop
        A                           C       D             F        G     D     E     A
And the fields are full of dancin', full of singin' and romancin',   the music never stopped