Scotch and Soda

[mahayana]

This is the old Kingston Trio tune, an easy jazzy ballad. I do have the sheet music in Eb, but I play it in D with mainly open chords and 9ths.

One chord you may not know is an F#m with an open high E- X04220 fingered with pinky/index/middle

I'll draw out the other chords as I go through it. There's a D6 played XX0202
a Dmaj7 played XX0222
a Gmaj7 played 3X0002

There's a B9, C9, and D9 all in the X21222 moveable form

Play those, and I'll put down the first 8 bars next post.

[mahayana]

Verse 1.

Gmaj7 3X0002 ......................C9 X32333
/../.............../.../.........l......../.../................./.........../..l
...Scotch and soda...................."Mud in your eye!"

D6 X00202........................F#m X04220....B9 X21222
/../.........../../............l......./...../............../....../........l
...Baby, do I feel............... high...........Oh, me....Oh,

E7 020100...................Em 022000......A7 X02223
/......../......../......../...l.../............./.../../.........l
my.............................................Do I feel

C#m X46650............Gm7 353333...F#7 242322
/......../..../..../...l......../......./......../.........../
high..................

[mahayana]

Verse 2. same chords as verse 1, except different ending leading into chorus. The high notes of these last 4 chords (notes A,G,E,F#) are what's important so you don't strike the high string in the second-to-last chord.

Gmaj7.................................C9.....................
Dry martini.............................jigger of gin

D6..............................................openF#m7.......B9
Oh, what a spell.............................you've got me in........Oh,

E7........................Em..A7...D9 X54555 Am7 X02213 D9 X5455X F#aug7 XX2332
........................................../../../../..l../../../../..l../../../../..l../
my........................do I feel high

[mahayana]

Chorus.

G 320033
...People won't... believe me,

.........D..............A7 X02020..Dmaj7 X00222
they'll think...that I'm.......just braggin',

.....E9 020132....E7............E9......E7
but I could........ feel....the way I do....

.....A7 X02223..Gdim XX2323 F#dim XX1212
and still...be....... on.......... the

G6add9 XX2233.....A X02255
wag-...................on.

[mahayana]

Verse 3 and ending.

Gmaj7...................C9
...All I need is..........one of your smiles

D6.......................openF#m.........B9
...Sunshine of your eye...........oh. me.......oh,

E7...............Em..A7.......openF#m....................B7 021202
my.................do I feel.....higher than a kite can fly.

Em...........................A7.........G7
...Give me lovin'...........Baby.......I...feel

D6..............C9..........D6add9 XX99 10 10
high.

[morjaz]

I've just played thru your Scotch and Soda.Very nice indeed.....Love the chords and progression....and a nice song to sing.

[mahayana]

Thanks, morjaz. It was one of the first songs I learned with "jazz chords." Thought it might find a wider audience here. Copyright is 1959, so it's younger than a lot of standards. Try performing it at a bar, about midnight...lol.

[morjaz]

I had a gig last Sunday afternoon.....played Scotch and Soda....just myself singing with guitar but had good jazz flute along for a good solo...it went down really well

[johnhenrik]

Mahayana, the F#m chord that you described in that posting could also be called, F#m7/A . Depending on how this song is arranged & what other instruments are playing, this bass line can sound great. Now maybe I should go get some mud in my eye. ;D