This is just for fun.
What chords would you use for this tune?
This is a historical curiosity: the waltz "Beggars of Life" (by "Robinson", possibly J. Russell Robinson) on the published cue sheet for the 1928 film is a completely different song than the waltz "Beggars of Life" (by Karl Hajos) that was published for sheet music and orchestra, recorded, registered for copyright, and widely cross-marketed with the film.
The cue sheet gives only the melody, and it's not immediately obvious to me what chords would go with it (though there are some clues). I came up with what I thought was a logical set of chords, given the date of the composition. But I expect other composers and musicians would come up with something different. So, if you want to participate by contributing an idea, I'll publish them all in the future (say, around December 31 2016) and we can compare.
In the original, the chorus appears on page 1 for cue 1 and the verse on page 2 for cue 9, so I've rearranged them to be what I consider to be the linear order.
