Biography:
Squirrel Nut Zippers are a big band/jazz/alternative rock band which formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States in 1993. They split in 2000 and reunited in 2007. They consist of Jim Mathus (vocals, guitar, trombone), Katharine Whalen (banjo, ukulele, vocals), Stuart Cole (bass), Je Widenhouse (cornet), Will Dawson (saxophone), Henry Westmoreland (saxophone) and Chris Phillips (drums). Former members of the band include Ken Mosher (guitar, saxophone), Stacy Guess (trumpet) and Tom Maxwell (guitar, saxophone, clarinet)
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Other songs:
- Good Enough For Granddad
- Got My Own Thing Now
- Hell
- I've Found A New Baby
- Plenty More
- Anything But Love
- Blue Angel
- Ghost Of Stephen Foster
- Gift Of The Magi
- Im Coming Home For Christmas
- Lovers Lane
- Low Down Man
- My Evergreen
- Pallin With Al
- Put A Lid On It
- The Suits Are Picking Up The Bill
- Wished For You
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Met the Ghost of Stephen Foster at the Hotel Paradise
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This is what I told him as I gazed into his eyes:
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Rooms were made for carpets
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Towers made for spires
E Am
Ships were made for cannonade to fire off from inside them
[Chorus]
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Gwine to run all night
Am
Gwine to run all day
E Am
Camptown ladies never sang all the doo dah day, no, no, no!
Dm
Gwine to run all night
Am
Gwine to run all day
E Am
Camptown ladies never sang all the doo dah day, no, no, no!
[Instrumental]
Am Am Am E Am
Dm Am E Am 2x
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[Verse]
Am
Met the Ghost of Stephen Foster at the Hotel Paradise
E Am
This is what I told him as I gazed into his eyes:
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Ships were made for sinking
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Whiskey made for drinking
E Am
If we were made of cellophane, we'd all get stinking drunk much faster ha, ha, ha
[Chorus]
Dm
Gwine to run all night
Am
Gwine to run all day
E Am
Camptown ladies never sang all the doo dah day, no, no, no!
Dm
Gwine to run all night
Am
Gwine to run all day
E Am
Camptown ladies never sang all the doo dah day!
[Outro]
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Am Am Am E Am 2x
Am
Am Am Am E Am 2x
Dm Am E Am 2x
Am
[Verse]
Am
Met the Ghost of Stephen Foster at the Hotel Paradise
E Am
This is what I told him as I gazed into his eyes:
Am
Rooms were made for carpets
Am
Towers made for spires
E Am
Ships were made for cannonade to fire off from inside them
[Chorus]
Dm
Gwine to run all night
Am
Gwine to run all day
E Am
Camptown ladies never sang all the doo dah day, no, no, no!
Dm
Gwine to run all night
Am
Gwine to run all day
E Am
Camptown ladies never sang all the doo dah day, no, no, no!
[Instrumental]
Am Am Am E Am
Dm Am E Am 2x
Am
[Verse]
Am
Met the Ghost of Stephen Foster at the Hotel Paradise
E Am
This is what I told him as I gazed into his eyes:
Am
Ships were made for sinking
E
Whiskey made for drinking
E Am
If we were made of cellophane, we'd all get stinking drunk much faster ha, ha, ha
[Chorus]
Dm
Gwine to run all night
Am
Gwine to run all day
E Am
Camptown ladies never sang all the doo dah day, no, no, no!
Dm
Gwine to run all night
Am
Gwine to run all day
E Am
Camptown ladies never sang all the doo dah day!
[Outro]
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Am Am Am E Am 2x
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