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