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Galuppi Baldessare by Kris Delmhorst








                Galuppi Baldessare 





 
 
 
    C             C/B            Am              F
Oh, Galuppi Baldassare, though I never knew your name
     C             C/B              Am               F
It's thanks to Mr. Browning you are with us just the same
G                       G7
Thanks to Mr. Browning, blowing on the flame
 
 
              C
Well here you come with your old music, and here's all the good it brings
             F                                                      C
You say they lived like this in Venice, when the merchants were the kings
             G                                F         G    C
And though I never left old Boston, still you showed me everything
 
 
        C
Did the young folks take their pleasure? Was the ocean warm in May? 
        F                                                 C
Did the parties start at midnight, did they roll until midday? 
            G                                    F          G        C
And did the ladies bloom like bellflowers, every time you'd start to play?
 
 
        C
Well, I bet that they all loved you, I bet they stood around and cheered
         F                                                   C
Saying, "That's what I call music, good for joy and good for tears.
    G                                F      G        C
Now let's stop all this talking, and let it fill our ears”
 
 
          Am               G           Em               F
Well, the minor third's so bitter, the six chord like a sigh
G                                    Am           Am/G         D/F#
Suspension, solution, asking must we die, must we die, must we die? 
        F                           G
And the seventh says, "Well fellas, life might not last, but we can try"
 
 
            C
So were you happy? I was happy. You still happy? Yes, and you? 
          F                                                    C
Then more kisses! Why'd we stop them, when a million seemed so few? 
        G                                F       G        C
There's something in that music, lord it must be answered to
 
 
          Am                 G            Em              F
Then they left you for their fortunes, in due time one by one
         G                                             Am            Am/G            D/F#
Some had lives that came to nothing, some went and did things they'd better not have done
         F                             G
And then death stepped up and took 'em where they'll never see the sun
 
 
        C
Oh, but you, you ghostly cricket, singing where the house has burned
          F                                                   C
"Dust and ashes, dead and done with, Venice spent what Venice earned"
           G                              F       G     C
But what's left behind I wonder, when the kissing has adjourned?
 
 
          C
“Dust and ashes”, so you tell me, and I cannot say you're wrong
            F                                                    C
Still those dear dead dancing ladies with their hair so soft and long
       G                              F       G         C
Stir a little in their slumber, every time we play your song
 
 
           Am                  G           Em                 F
'Cause the minor third's still bitter, the six chord makes us sigh
G                                    Am       Am/G     D/F#
Suspension, solution, asking must we die, must we also die? 
        F                          G                               C      C/B Am F
And the seventh still says, "Well, life might not last, but we can try" 
 
 
OUTRO: C  C/B  Am  F
 
  C           C/B
Galuppi Baldassare
  Am          F
Galuppi Baldassare
  C           C/B    Am  F  C
Galuppi, oh Galuppi 








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