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Dressing Up The Old Dakota by the High Llamas

From the High Llamas’ 1996 Hawaii album. Written by Sean O’Hagan. No capo.

High Llamas - Hawaii

INTRO

[F] [Ebmaj7]

VERSE 1

[D] Dressing up the old Da [Dmaj7] kota
[F7] Giving it another [Bbmaj7] shot [A7sus4] [A7]
[Dmaj7] Freddy buys them [D7] up and [G] charters [F#m7] out the [E] lot [Eadd9] [E] [Eadd9] [E] [Eadd9] [E] [C7]

VERSE 2

[D] Fly them to the Rivi [Dmaj7] era
[F7] Fly them to the US [Bbmaj7] A [A7sus4] [A7]
[Dmaj7] Fly them ’til you [D7] think they’ve [G] reached their [F#m7] dying [E] day [Eadd9] [E] [Eadd9] [E] [Eadd9] [E] [C/G]

VERSE 3

[D] Aviation in the [Dmaj7] jungle
[F7] Landing on the rough ter [Bbmaj7] rain [A7sus4] [A7]
[Dmaj7] Serving up the [D7] young bur [G] ritos [F#m7] on the [E] plane [Eadd9] [E] [Eadd9] [E] [G] [A7sus4] [D] [A7sus4] [A7]

CHORUS

[Bb] What’s that [F] cymbal sound? [Ebmaj7]
[Dmaj7] Old Da [A7sus4] kota’s still a [D] round [A7sus4]

VERSE 3

[D] Aviation in the [Dmaj7] jungle
[F7] Landing on the rough ter [Bbmaj7] rain [A7sus4] [A7]
[Dmaj7] Serving up the [D7] young bur [G] ritos [F#m7] on the [E] plane [Eadd9] [E] [Eadd9] [E] [G] [A7sus4] [D] [A7sus4] [A7]

OUTRO/FADE

[F] [Eb] [G] [F#m7] [E] [Eadd9] [E] [Eadd9] [E] [Eadd9] [E] [Eadd9] [E]