Key: D major•
Verse 1
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G
D
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C
Feeling kind of
dapper in my newest creation,
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Dm
Swinging my malacca umbrella
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C
I went strolling down the boulevard.
Now I knew I was creating a
sensation
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D
Why? Because children pointed
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,
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C
Seated at Pismo Beach Clam House
was Jimmy Durante.
Wearing a two -tone striped
a boutonniere.
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G
And setting off his Winsdor tie,
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G
was his tan reverse calfskin shoes.
Unquote.
A
Am
A
I took Miss Peppapoo by the arm.
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.
you don't belong,
In other words, I'm a fugitive,
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A
A fugitive from Esquire.
What a blow!
shunned by those in the know.
And, hint,
that get me?
Pneumonia.
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A
I was invited down to Newport on a big yacht.
and what happened?
and the captain told me why.
but my halter kept slipping off my shoulder.
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Now, was there any reason for the captain
to give each sailor an oar
you're not wanted.
How do you like that?
In one minute, I went from a lifted pinky
to a lowered dinky.
Me Durante the Delatante.
a double -breasted marine blue flannel
blazer with brass buttons,
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?
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C
I'm just a shattered, broken fashion plate.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G C C#dim Dm...
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