Key: G minor
Verse 1
Am
Dm
G
I heard you call
for an all star band
Em
G
It's something new for
the music stand
A
It's on the way,
Dm
G
D
but before we start
A
G
A cuttin' capers around your heart
Verse 2
Am
G
You're gonna cheer when
you hear this band
Am
Gm
F
There's never been a better crew
F#dim
And when you hear the drummer
Am
A
Lawdy, how the joint'll hum
Dm
Em
E
Am
A cuttin' capers just for you
G
Am
G
You'll never pick about
Verse 3
or pick a quarr'l
A
G
With Mister Krupa or with Frankie Carle
Dm
A
You'll never dig a list of
Dm
A
bigger names
D
G
A cuttin' capers with Harry James
Verse 4
G
With Benny Goodman and his clarinet
Edim
Gm
Dm
F
And Tommy Dorsey's in it, too
F#dim
Alvino Rey will star
E
Am
A walkin' talkin' steel guitar
Dm
D
G
Em
Am
G
A cut tin' capers just for you
Verse 5
Am
Listen to that tenor saxophone
Never heard it played with
Gm
Dm
A
such a tone
Dm
G
And when you get that lic'rish stick
Em
E
Am
Out in the woodshed, son
A
Em
Ebdim
Why it's Papa Benny
Verse 6
Em
Goodman
E
Ebdim
D
And he's showin' ya quick
Dm
G
Dm
G
How the proper lic'rish
D
stickin's done
Em
(Too root, dah roo, ta, doo doo)
Am
Listen to that
Verse 7
fiddle player slap, slap, slap
G
A
Am
Boy, he plays it, he really lays it,
F
Bb
in your lap, lap, lap
Dm
F
F#dim
Say, I'll bet before
they're through
D
Gm
D
You'll be cuttin' capers, too
(Doo doo, doo doo,
F
F#dim
roo doo)
Verse 8
F#dim
Am
A
D
Em
(Do rah
A
D
G
A
Em
E
A
D
G
A
D
G
Gm
A
B
Em
A
D
A
D
do)
Verse 9
D
Cuttin' capers 'cause
G
I'm out with you
D
G
Nothin' else that I'm about to do
Em
My heart begins to flutter like a dove
E
I even stutter
A
D
(Guess, it's love)
Verse 10
I'm cuttin' capers so
G
you'll notice me
D
When we're together,
G
can't you see
G#dim
I'm only blowin' off
E
B
A talkin' big, a showin' off
Em
A cut tin' capers
Verse 11
A
'cause it's true
Em
Dee dah, dee dah, ooh, ooh, ooh
Baby, I'm in love (Baby, I'm in love)
Verse 12
Em
Baby, I'm
A
in love with
Em
A
(Baby, I'm in love with)
Em
A
Em
Fdim
Baby, I'm in love with
E
Em
Edim
D
Bm
D
you
G
D
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