Fugitive From Esquire
Fugitive From Esquire

Fugitive From Esquire easy guitar chords by Jimmy Durante

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    • Verse 1
    Feel
    ing 
    kind of 

    dapper 
    in my 
    newest 
    creation, 

    I 
    stepped out 
    for 

    a promen
    ade. 

    Swinging 
    my 
    malacca 
    umbrella 

    nonchal
    antly, 

    I went 
    strolling 
    down 
    the 
    boulevard. 

    Now 
    I knew I was 
    creating a 

    sensation 

    and giving 
    the pedestrians 
    a 
    treat. 

    Why? 
    Because 
    children 
    pointed 

    and people 
    stared. 

    They 
    had 
    never seen open 

    -toed sneakers 

    with the 
    cuticles painted. 

    But as I stepped 
    into my town 

    and country 
    jeep, 

    who do you 
    think I meet? 

    Lady 
    Sussex? 

    No. 
    Countess 
    Caritas? 

    No. 
    Roosterhead 
    McGinty? 

    Definitely 
    not. 

    It 
    was Elsie 
    Peppapood, a 
    society 
    columnist. 

    I 
    can visualize 
    her daily 
    column saying, 

    quote, 

    Seated 
    at Pismo 
    Beach Clam 
    House 

    was 
    Jimmy 
    Durante. 

    Wearing 
    a 
    two -tone 
    striped 

    her
    ringbone 
    suit, 

    with 
    the herring 
    removed. 

    And in his 
    nuts lapel, 

    was a 
    red carnation 
    for 

    a boutonniere. 

    And setting 
    off 
    his 
    Winsdor 
    tie, 

    was his tan 
    re
    verse calfskin 
    shoes. 

    Amongst 
    the ten 
    best -dressed 
    men, 


    Durante is 
    definitely 
    number eleven. 

    Unquote. 

    As we 
    greeted each 
    other 
    effusiously, 

    I 
    took Miss 
    Pep
    papoo 
    by the 
    arm. 

    While 
    I 
    com
    plimented 
    her on her 
    attire, 


    My clothes 
    I waited 
    for her to 
    admire, 

    And I 
    waited, 
    and I waited, and 
    I waited, 

    And I 
    waited, and I 
    waited. 

    Why, the styles 
    changed 
    three times 

    while I 
    was waiting. 

    Finally 
    she said, 
    Jimmy, 

    you 
    don't belong, 

    You're 
    all wrong. 

    In 
    other words, 
    I'm 
    a fugitive, 

    A fugitive 
    from 
    Es
    quire. 

    What a 
    blow! 

    Ignored, 
    harassed, 

    shunned 
    by those 
    in the 
    know. 

    At 
    the best 
    resorts, 

    they criticized 
    my 
    long 
    under
    wear. 

    And, 
    hint, 

    I should 
    wear tailored 
    precision 
    shorts 

    with 
    cross 
    -ventilations. 
    But what would 

    that get me? 

    Pneumonia. 

    Last 
    sum
    mer, 

    I was invited 
    down to 
    Newport 
    on 
    a big 
    yacht. 

    I 
    came in 
    my 
    new baiting 
    suit, 

    and 
    what happened? 

    I was 
    the subject 
    of 
    malicious 
    gossip, 

    and 
    the captain told 
    me why. 

    You see, my 
    trunk
    s fitted all 
    right, 


    but my halter 
    kept slipping 
    off my shoulder. 

    Now, 
    was 
    there any reason 
    for the captain 

    to 
    give each sailor 
    an oar 

    An
    d say, 
    sorry, 
    Mr. Durante, 

    you're not wanted. 

    The dinky will 
    take you ashore. 

    How do you like that? 

    In one minute, 
    I went from a 
    lifted pinky 

    to 
    a lowered 
    dinky. 

    Me 
    Durante the 
    Delatante. 

    They 
    claimed I 
    should have 
    worn 

    a 
    double 
    -breasted marine 
    blue flannel 

    blazer with 
    brass buttons, 

    white 
    cricket -clawed 
    slacks, 

    ribbon 
    -shaped bow 
    tie, 

    Nassau 
    coconut straw 
    hat with club 
    band, 


    and white 
    buckskin 
    unlined shoes 

    with 
    red rubber 
    soles and heels, 

    and 
    laces to 
    match. 

    What 
    the heck 
    am I, a 

    man or a 
    peacock? 

    That's 
    why I'm 
    a 
    fugitive, 

    a fugitive 
    from Es
    quire. 

    I'm 
    just a 
    shattered, 
    I'm 
    just a 
    broken, 

    I'm 
    just a 
    shattered, 
    broken 
    fashion 
    plate. 

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