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