Patches:Big John Khatt And The Highland Blues Band. (A top 10 for Dickey Lee on SMASH Records in 1962.) Recorded live (with permission) in Metz, France, in 1962. Almost every gig we got a dozen or more requests for this Teen Angster.) INTRO: G#7 #1.

^C#Down by the river that ^F#flows by the ^C#coalyards.. ^C#stand wooden houses with ^F#shutters torn ^G#down. ^C#There lives a ^Fmgirl every^F#body calls P^C#atches.. ^C#Patches, my darling, of ^G#7old Shanty^C#town. ^A7

#2.

^DWe planned to marry when ^GJune brought the ^Dsummer.. ^DI couldn't wait to make ^GPatches my ^Abride. ^DNow, I don't ^F#msee how that ^Gever can ^Dhappen.. ^Dmy folks say, no, and my ^A7heart breaks ^Dinside.

CHORUS:

^DPat..^F#ches, oh, ^Gwhat can I ^Ddo' ^GI swear I'll a^Dlways love you. But a ^Ggirl from that place will just ^Dbring me dis^Bmgrace.. so, ^Dmy folks won't ^A7let me love ^Dyou. ^Bb7

#3.

^D#Each night I cry as I ^G#think of that ^D#shanty.. ^D#and pretty Patches there ^G#watching the ^A#door. ^D#She doesn't ^Gmknow that I ^G#can't come to ^D#see her.. ^D#Patches must think that I ^A#7love her no ^D#more. ^B7

#4.

^EI hear a ^G#mneighbor ^Atelling my ^Efather.. ^EHe says a ^G#mgirl name of ^APatches was ^Bfound.. ^Efloating face ^G#down in that ^Adirty old ^Eriver.. ^Ethat flows by the ^G#mcoalyards in ^Aold ^BShanty ^ETown.

OUTRO:

^EPat..^G#ches, oh, ^Awhat can I ^Edo' ^AI swear I'll a^Elways love you. It ^Amay not be right but I'll ^Ejoin you to^C#mnight.. ^EPatches, I'm ^Bcomin' to ^Eyou.

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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