A Couple Of Song And Dance Men chords by Fred Astaire
Verse 1
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In us you
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see a couple of song
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and dance men.
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I'm the song. I'm the dance.
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For laughter, joy and happiness
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we're a dance men.
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We're the song. And the dance.
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I sing for my supper,
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I dance for my lunch,
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I croon when the landlord comes around.
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For miles and miles the women and
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children pass out cold
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when my voice hits the air
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and my feet hit the ground.
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Last night,
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out in the moonlight
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I came to serenade a very pretty maid
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I sang her to sleep
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with the sleep in the deep
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Oh, that always makes
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them collapse in sections
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I saw her eyes close,
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then she started to doze
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But she arose when I sounded tap
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Which goes to show what Brendan will do
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when we're around
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When my voice hits the air
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and my feet hit the ground
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Just just a moment I say Charlie
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what on earth are you doing there?
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Max I'm singing is that kind of singing
difficult to do well
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Not really, not for someone as
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experienced as myself.
Why do you ask?
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Be cause it's extremely dif
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ficult to listen to.
Oh, you should force yourself,
dear boy.
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You're privileged.
Em
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Tell me,
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do you still teach dancing?
Well, as you know,
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I only wrote the book.
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Oh, yeah.
That's what you told me back in 1946.
But you know, something I still haven't been
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able to get a copy of.
Can't find it. Who's
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your publisher?
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Well, as a matter of fact,
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I don't quite have a publisher yet.
I expect to have a contract
any day now.
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Oh, you have written the book?
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Well, I have a lot of pictures.
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Oh, I'd like several
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8x10s in sepia, then.
But they're not developed yet.
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Oh, let me ask you this.
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How would you teach a 300 -pound
gorilla
to do the shimmying?
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Any way he wants me to.
give him the downbeat and duck, then.
Say, Charlie, I thought you were
going to ask the management
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for a raise in salary for me.
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Well, yes, I spoke to the manager about it.
How did he act like a lamb?
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What did he say?
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Which goes to show what people will
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do
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And my feet hit the ground
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A Couple Of Song And Dance Men
Fred Astaire
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