xPatches:Dickey Lee.
#6 on BB Hot 100 on SMASH Records
in 1962.
INTRO: Db
#1.
Db Fm Gb Db
Down by the river that flows by the coal yards,
Db Fm Gb Ab7
stand wooden houses with shutters torn down.
Db F Gb Db
There lives a girl everybody calls Patches.
Db Fm Gb Ab7 Db
Patches my darling of old Shanty town.
#2.
D F#m G D
We planned to marry when June brought the summer.
D F#m G A7
I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride.
D F# G D
Now I don't see how that ever can happen..
D F#m G A7 D
My folks say no, and my heart breaks inside.
CHORUS:
D F# G D G D
Pat..ches, oh, what can I do? I swear I'll always love you.
G D
But a girl from that place would just bring me disgrace,
A7 D
so my folks won't let me love you.
#3.
Eb Gm Ab Eb
Each night I cry, as I think of that shanty.
Eb Gm Ab Bb7
And pretty patches there watching the door.
Eb G Ab Eb
She doesn't know that I can't come to see her..
Eb Gm Ab Bb7 Eb
Patches must think, that I love her no more.
#4.
E G#m A E
I hear a neighbor telling my father..
E G#m A B7
He says a girl name of Patches was found,
E G# A E
floating face down in that dirty old river,
E G#m A B7 E
that flows by the coal yards in old Shan..ty town.
OUTRO:
E G# A E A E
Pat..ches, oh, what can I do? I swear I'll always love you.
A E
It may not be right but I'll join you tonight..
E B7 E
Patches I'm coming to you.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
