Hall And Oates - 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!