Camellia

i worked out most of this by watching john oates play an acoustic version . it may not be precise to the studio recording , but it’s darn close . here are the shapes john uses : eadgbe A : x02220 E : 476454 D : 557775 D6 : 557777 Bm : 799777 ( sometimes he plays 797779 ) Bm7 : x24232 C#m7 : x46454 F#m : 244222 . . . though , for most of those chords , the standard shapes sound fine , too . also , the D6 can be substituted with a standard D and still sound good . ( personally , i like substituting A Dmaj7 , played like this : xx0222 . ) Intro : A E D Bm C#m7 D A E D Bm opening night , nothing new atlanta A E into the spotlight , one more time D Bm just in time to play A E to one man at an empty table D C#m7 Bm7 he was drinking down the pain Bm7 C#m7 D6 all he could say was his lady’s name A E D Bm oh camellia , won’t you take me away A E D Bm oh camellia , won’t you take me away A E D Bm after the show , when the room was empty no , he wouldn’t go so i asked him why he called her name it seems she was some magic one night D C#m7 Bm7 with something for his pain Bm7 C#m7 D6 but all she left was her pretty name . . . A E D oh camellia , won’t you take me away Bm C#m7 to paradise tropical moon F#m Bm7 D don’t you leave me sitting here in atlanta repeat Chorus until the end!