FLING OF MINE
                                   (G. Vannelli)


the closest Gino has come to singin' da blues

  G  G6  G7  G6   G   G6  G7   G6
  1   2   3   4   1   2    3   4

     G     G6     G7       G6     G       G6     G7  G6
When I was just a two foot belly    button jack


  G    G6       G7    G6   G           G6           G7     G6
I saved  all my money      robbin' the penn central track

      C     C6    C7       C6    C   C6
Cause money was a thing of mine

      C7       C6
And I had that thing in my


G  G6  G7   G6  G   G6  G7  G6
1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
head

       A7      A13    A7+5     A7
But if honey's just a fling of mine

Ab7                  Ab7/Eb  D7-9+5
Why ain't that fling in      my



G  G6  G7  G6   G   G6  G7  G6
1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
bed

   G        G6      G7    G6   G     G6       G7     G6
When I grew to be a big boy my pa he got me a bride


G             G6         G7    G6       G       G6            G7    G6
  I married a girl named Bunny      had a fanny thirteen feet wide

      C     C6    C7       C6     C    C6
Cause Bunny was a thing of mine

    C7          C6
And me and that thing we got


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1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
wed

       A7      A13    A7+5     A7
But if honey's just a fling of mine

Ab7               Ab7/Eb  D7-9+5
Why ain't that fling in   my


G  G6  G7  G6   G   G6  G7  G6
1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
bed

G        G6         G7       G6  G          G6                   G7  G6
Soon I'm gonna be a big star   have nothing but the cream of the crop

G           G6              G7       G6     G
  And maybe someday I'll go back to Bunny

                  G9            Db9
And say ain't you proud of this wop


C       C6           C7         C6      C
  Cause funny fame's a thing of mine

C7
And I'll sing that thing till I'm


  G  G6  G7  G6  G    G6  G7   G6
  1   2   3   4   1   2    3   4
 dead

       A       A13    A7+5     A7
But if honey's just a fling of mine

Ab7        Ab7/Eb    D7-9+5  G     G6   G   G6
Why ain't that fling in my   bed

    E7+9            A7      A13    A7+5     A7
Oh lo-o-ord -----if honey's just a fling of mine

Ab7            Ab7/Eb D7-9+5  G      G6   G7    G6
Why ain't that fling  in my   bed.


 G   G6  G7  G6
 1   2   3   4

flute:

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1       2       3      4       1.......


Transcribed by Peter Kruger  JKRUGERC506@rogers.com