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