A Real Piano Player chords by Jimmy Durante
Verse 1
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F
G
Cm
C
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Mr. Rembrandt
needed a piece of canvas
Bb
F
before he could paint a thing.
Ab
Bbm
Ab
Benvenuto Cellini needed a chisel
Bbm
Ab
before he could start sculpturing.
A
And folks, Jolie
Dm
needed a great piano player
A
before he can start to sing.
Dm
C
Al, stop worrying. I'm here.
D
G
Go ahead, let your voice start to ring.
Say, James,
do you play a compliment?
A compliment?
I never heard of that song.
How does it go?
No, I mean, can you play classic stuff,
like Levant or Hosea Terby?
I'm even better. Can Hosea
Adim
Terby play this?
Bbdim
G
Bdim
A
Or this? Or this? Or this? this?
Ebdim
Or this? this? this?
G
Or this? Or this? Or this?
Ah, Jose, make way for Nosey
D
B
F#dim
D
Why, Jimmy, you're sensational
What are we waiting for?
Let's go
G
C
Cause it's a thrill
When a real piano player
D
Sits down at the key
G
It makes him wig in the knee
C
G
C
G
F
Em
They hear him
G
C
Oh, what a kid
D
When a ring and a flare start to tinkle away
G
It makes a voice light and gay
Bdim
G
C
G
F
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F
C
G
When he goes
C
D
I'm completely gone,
C
I'm beside myself
Well, I can understand your bliss
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Dm
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D
Don't get excited, Compose yourself
G
But Levant was never like this
A
Ebdim
Bdim
Bbdim
Adim
Bdim
Bbdim
D
Listen close! Oh,
hear those harmonies!
C
F
You know, this is very tiring.
I can play with all my might.
G
A
Here's a dollar, kid, don't stop.
D
Keep playing all night,
G
C
cause it's a thrill
When a real piano player
D
G
C
G
A
sits down at the keys
D
Two beers, upstairs!
G
F
C
G
Bring them right up,
F
G
F
sir.
Verse 2
C
G
And you'll notice, Mr. Joltson,
I don't need Larry Parks
to play the black keys.
C
I've been stabbed!
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Verse 3
Keep going, boys!
Let's hear that beat!
F
Make that old piano smolder with heat!
Dm
F
D
He can't resist it!
Just look at him shake, take a break.
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G
F
here. here, here. here, Paterouski,
I told you, were guys I admired.
Bb
E
A
Forget them all, son.
D
Name your prize. James Ohiot.
G
C
What a thrill, when a real piano player
D
G
C
sits down at the key.
A
D
G
C
Sits down at the key.
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A Real Piano Player
Jimmy Durante
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