Biography:
Laura Nyro (born October 18, 1947; died April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) and New York Tendaberry (1969), and had commercial success with artists such as Barbra Streisand and The 5th Dimension recording her songs. Her style was a hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes, rock and soul. In 2012 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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These chords are a major third higher than the original and are meant to simplify the changes in harmonic
progression to make the song accessible for novice players.
A Bm C#m F#m Bm Bm/E A D
Let's go down by the grapevine, drink my Daddy's wine, get happy.
A Bm C#m F#m C#m D C#m Bm Bm/E
Down by the grapevine, drink my daddy's wine, get happy, happy.
* A C#m/G# F#m B7 D A D A C#m/G# F#m B7 D
Oh, sweet blindness, a little magic, a little kindness. Oh, sweet blindness, all over me.
/ C#m F#m D C#m Bm Bm/E
Four leaves on a clover, I'm just a bit of a shade hung over.
C#m F#m Bm Bm/E C#m/G# C#maj F#m Bmaj
Come on baby, do a slow float you're a good looking riverboat
D C#m Bm Bm/E A
And ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me?
Down by the grapevine, drink my Daddy's wine, good morning.
Down by the grapevine, drink my Daddy's wine, good morning, morning.
Oh, sweet blindness, a little magic, a little kindness. Oh, sweet blindness, all over me.
/ C#m
Please don't tell my mother, I'm a saloon and a moonshine lover.
Come on baby, do a slow float you're a good looking riverboat
And ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me?
A Bm A
Don't ask me cause I ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinking,
Bm Bm/E A D A Bm A
Ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinking, ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinking,
F#m C#m/G#
Wine of wonder, wonder, (by the way).
* A
Oh, sweet blindness, a little magic, a little kindness. Oh, sweet blindness, all over me.
/ C#m
Don't let daddy hear it, he don't believe in the gin mill spirit
Don't let daddy hear it, he don't believe in the gin mill spirit.
Come on baby, do a slow float you're a good looking riverboat
And ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me?
Now, ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me?
progression to make the song accessible for novice players.
A Bm C#m F#m Bm Bm/E A D
Let's go down by the grapevine, drink my Daddy's wine, get happy.
A Bm C#m F#m C#m D C#m Bm Bm/E
Down by the grapevine, drink my daddy's wine, get happy, happy.
* A C#m/G# F#m B7 D A D A C#m/G# F#m B7 D
Oh, sweet blindness, a little magic, a little kindness. Oh, sweet blindness, all over me.
/ C#m F#m D C#m Bm Bm/E
Four leaves on a clover, I'm just a bit of a shade hung over.
C#m F#m Bm Bm/E C#m/G# C#maj F#m Bmaj
Come on baby, do a slow float you're a good looking riverboat
D C#m Bm Bm/E A
And ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me?
Down by the grapevine, drink my Daddy's wine, good morning.
Down by the grapevine, drink my Daddy's wine, good morning, morning.
Oh, sweet blindness, a little magic, a little kindness. Oh, sweet blindness, all over me.
/ C#m
Please don't tell my mother, I'm a saloon and a moonshine lover.
Come on baby, do a slow float you're a good looking riverboat
And ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me?
A Bm A
Don't ask me cause I ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinking,
Bm Bm/E A D A Bm A
Ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinking, ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinking,
F#m C#m/G#
Wine of wonder, wonder, (by the way).
* A
Oh, sweet blindness, a little magic, a little kindness. Oh, sweet blindness, all over me.
/ C#m
Don't let daddy hear it, he don't believe in the gin mill spirit
Don't let daddy hear it, he don't believe in the gin mill spirit.
Come on baby, do a slow float you're a good looking riverboat
And ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me?
Now, ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me?
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