Beat Me Daddy (Eight To The Bar) chords by Ella Fitzgerald

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G
C
Ddim
D
A
Edim
Em
Ab
Fm
Db
Eb
Bb
Gm
B
E
G#m
G#dim

Verse 1
G 
C 
G 
In a
Ddim 
D 
C 
G 
little honky-
tonky village in Texas
There's a guy who plays
the best piano by far
C 
A 
He can play piano any way that you like it
G 
But the way he likes to play is
eight to the bar
Ddim 
D 
When he plays, it's a ball
C 
G 
He's the daddy of them all

Verse 2
G 
The people gather around when he
gets on the stand
Then when he plays, he gets a hand
C 
The rhythm he beats puts
the cats in a trance
G 
Nobody there bothers to dance
D 
But when he plays with
C 
the bass and guitar
G 
They holler out, "Beat me Daddy,
eight to the bar"

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Verse 3
G 
A- plink, a- plank,
a- plink plank, plink plank
A 
G 
A- plunkin' on the keys
A 
Edim 
A 
A- riff, a- raff, a- riff raff,
G 
riff raff
Em 
A- riffin' out with ease
G 
D 
And  when he plays with the bass
C 
and guitar
They holler out, "Beat me Daddy,
G 
C 
eight to the bar"

Verse 4
G 
Ab 
Fm 
He plays a boogie, he plays
eight to the bar
A boogie- woogie,
Db 
Ab 
Db 
that is the way he likes to play on his piano
Fm 
Ab 
Fm 
Db 
Eb 
Db 
And we all
know
Ab 
Fm 
That when he plays he puts
Ab 
Fm 
Ab 
A 
them
all in a trance
D 
The cats all holler "Hooray"
You'll hear them say, "Beat
me Daddy, eight to the bar"

Verse 5
A 
In a little honky- tonky village in Texas
There's a guy who plays
the best piano by far
D 
A 
When he plays with the bass and guitar
D 
A 
They holler, "Beat me up Daddy,
C 
A 
beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"

Verse 6
A 
Edim 
Bb 
Gm 
The people gather around when
Eb 
he gets up on the stand
Bb 
Then when he plays, he gets a hand
Eb 
The rhythm that he plays puts the
cats in a trance
Bb 
Nobody there ever bothers to dance
Gm 
Bb 
Gm 
But when he plays with the
Eb 
bass and  guitar
They holler out, "Beat me Daddy,
Bb 
Gm 
eight to the bar"
B 
A- plink plink, a- plank plank, a- plink plank, plink plank

Verse 7
E 
A-
G#m 
B 
plunkin' on the keys
E 
A- riff riff, a- raff raff, a- riff raff, riff raff
G#dim 
E 
B 
A- riffin' out with ease
E 
But when he plays with the bass
G#m 
B 
and guitar
E 
A 
B 
They holler out, "Beat me Daddy,
B 
eight to the bar"