Jenny Brown:Dick & Tommy Smothers.
#84 on BB Hot 100 on MERCURY Records
in 1964.
INTRO: C A F G..C Am F G
#1.
C A D
As I was walking by the shore, I happened there
G Em F
to see, a woman's form a-lyin' there, as still as
G
still could be.
C Am F
The dress she wore was gingham blue, her hair all
G
tumbled down.
C F G
It might have been my own true love, my sweetheart
C Ab
Jenny Brown.
#2.
Db Bbm Eb
Her face was turned into the sand..'twas who, I couldn't
Ab
tell.
Fm F#
But on her hand was a high school ring..a ring I knew
Ab
too well.
Db Bbm B
My heart stood still, I grasped her arm..and then I turned
her round.
Db F# Ab Db
Alas, it was my own true love, my sweetheart Jenny Brown.
A
Aaaaaaahhh!
SPOKEN:AD LIB: (D Bm Em A)
D B Em A
Oh, Jenny..Brown..why did I treat you cru-el?
Bm G Em A D
Gosh, whizz, Jenny..there was tears in your eyes and you ran
Gm Bb
away from me and now here I find you..on the beach all still
D
and sandy..and flies and stuff.
Bb
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!
#3.
Gm Eb Cm Fm Bb
I stared into her loving face..a face that used to clown.
G Ab Bb
I saw one eye a-flicker, then wink and open round.
Eb Cm F
Ha! ha! she laughed, then jumped up tall..'I'll bet you thought
Bb
I'd drowned!'
C G Eb Ab Bb Eb
What a rotten sense of humor..has my sweetheart Jenny Brown.
OUTRO:
Abm Ab Eb G Eb
Brrrrooowwwwnnnn..
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
