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

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

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

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

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

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

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