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Verse 1
(D major) When I was just a little girl,
when (D minor) I was six or seven,
(D major) while (C major) playing childhood games one day,
(C minor) I got a glimpse of heaven. (Adim)
(Baug) I (G major) found my true love there (C major) and then,
I (G major) came alive the (E flat major) moment when,
(A flat minor) I (D major) dressed up like some actors
in the (C major) movies I (D major) had (G major) seen.
I played (D major) (A major) (D major) cow (E minor) boys (B major) and Indians.
I (E minor) was an (B major) Indian.
(E minor) Wore paint tomahawk, (F sharpdim) etc. (E minor) (E flatdim)
(E minor) And I (D major) still am recovering
from my discovering
how wonderful it (E major) felt (D major) to wear.
Voila! Look! My First (D minor) (D major) Feather! (E minor)
I played with just a few
Of these (D major) feathers
(G minor) And soon I had a (Edim) slew of these (E major) feathers (A major)
(E major) In (E minor) (C sharpdim) feath ers (C minor) (Cdim) I
(B major) Got all goose pimply (B flat minor)
(E minor) Ow (E major) ing (A major) to simply (E flatdim) Feath (G major) ers
(E minor) Oh, yes, (Baug) in feathers,
(B major) a girl is (E minor) more than (E major) just sugar
and (E minor) spice.
Because (Edim) underneath my (A major) feathers,
I (A minor) felt so (D major) naughty,
but so (G major) nice. (E minor) (A major)
My papa (D major) thought I'd lost my mind.
(D minor) So drastic was my passion.
(C major) He shipped me off to boarding school.
Back (C minor) then, it was the fashion.
(Baug) The second (G major) chapter (C major) of my story
(G major) happened in the (E flat major) dormit (A flat major) ory.
(G major) My ob (D major) session struck again
when (C major) I was in my (G major) teens.
One night, (A major) (D major) (E minor) there was a (B major) pillow fight. (E flatdim)
(C major) Oo h, (B major) what a (E flatdim) pillow (B major) fight!
(E minor) Such a frantic (C major) free -for (B major) -all af (C major) fair.
Then (F sharpdim) (E minor) a (D major) pillowcase (E minor) flipped apart,
(D major) split up and ripped apart,
and caused a downy
blizzard in (A major) the air (D major) .
And it snowed (D minor) feathers, (D major)
(G major) (D major) a (G major) (D major) flurry (G major) floated (D major) all around feathers,
(G minor) and landed,
I re (D major) call, upon my bare (E major) young (C sharpdim) shoulders
(Cdim) and (D major) made me (B flat major) goose pimply (B flatdim)
(E flat major) ow (E minor) ing (A major) to simply (E flatdim) feath (G major) er (D major) s
(E minor) oh yes an (Baug) d feath (B major) ers
I felt as if I were floating (E major) on air
(E minor) a (Edim) buoyant (C sharpdim) bird in (A major) feathers
with (A minor) feathers (D major) floating everywhere
A couple (G major) of years went (Edim) by.
I was singing (C major) in Las Vegas,
(F major) but I really wanted to go to Europe on vacation,
(D minor) but it was (Ddim) so expensive.
My accoun (C major) t ant quietly
pointed out to me
(F major) that if (C major) I could prove I was going
(A flat major) to Europe to (D flat major) find a (C major) job,
I (G major) could deduct the whole (F major) trip.
(C major) Well, (D major) I happened to have
a dear friend
who had moved to (D minor) Par is
a couple of years before.
(F major) I immediately (C major) called her up
and explained the (C minor) situation
(Adim) an d (E flatdim) some how,
I (E flat major) don't know how (G major) she did it,
she (C major) managed to arrange (G major) for me an audi
(E flat major) tion at (A flat major) the (G major) fabulous Folly (D major) (C major) Berger. (D major) (G major)
But I nev (E minor) er made (B major) Folly's Girl.
They don't hire follies girls
unless they (E minor) have spec
(F sharpdim) tacular (E flatdim) poitrines. (E minor)
(Baug) And so (D major) they did not choose me.
I was not bosomy.
(Edim) Enough (D major) to be (E major) em ployed as (E minor) a cor (D major) ine.
Luckily for (A flat major) me,
the (C sharp major) big boss of the (E major) Moulin Rouge,
Mr. Jackie Clerico,
was sitting (C sharp major) out in the house
and he said to me, Hey, (C major) Debbie,
(A minor) we (B flatdim) love your des effect (G major) s.
(D major) And I have got a (E major) job for (E minor) you
(D major) as my starring actor.
I agreed, but only on one condition.
(E flat major) That I (C sharp major) wear (D major) (B major) feath (G sharp major) ers.
I absolutely glow with them feath (Baug) ers.
(G sharp minor) My (C sharp major) wardrobe (Ddim) overflows
(C sharp major) with them (F major) feathers.
A (Ddim) pheasant, (C sharpdim) flamingo, and (E major) cockatoo.
(D major) Enough for a flock (C sharp major) of (A major) two (A flat major) of feathers.
Ravel composed a dance for me, feathers.
(C sharp major) Chanel made feathered
(Baug) pants for (F major) me, Pablo. (D minor)
(Ddim) Picas (D flat major) so (D flatdim) adored (B major) me
(D flat major) and (A flat major) painted (B flat minor) me (A flat major) twice
I (E major) love (F major) my life in (B flat major) feathers
This swan is (Fdim) not an ugly
duck in (D flat major) feathers
Yes, gentlemen,
you still can pluck my (B flat major) feathers
An (B flat minor) d find (E flatsus4) a bird of
paradis (E flat major) (E flatsus4) e! (D flat major)
(E flat major) (A flat major)
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