Key: Ab major
Verse 1
G
D
E
Am
D
Most people get
Eb
Am
D
G
but I guess I've been cheated.
Am
Eb
The dream that I have waited for
D
G
Bm
E
has never come true
Am
D
I wish that I could shimmy like
Am
D
my sister Kate,
G
Em
F
G
shimmy like a jelly on a big blue plate.
D
Am
D
My mother wanted to know today,
G
D
C
why all the boys are looking
G
Bm
at Katie that way.
D
G
All the fellas in the neighborhood know that
she can shimmy and it's understood.
C
D
I know I'm late, but I'll be up to date
E
A
when I learn to do the shit
C
D
like my sister Kate.
G
Am
Took my sister Kate
D
Am
to see a burlesque show
D
Em
G
Thought she learned a lot of
things she didn't know
Am
D
After watching
G
D
much better than that
Bdim
D
So she stands right
up just as big as life
D
G
wants to leave his wife
C
D
E
Oh, how I yearn, where can I learn
A
D
To shimmy like my sister Kate
G
E
In Macy's basement, no,
A
D
shimmy like my sister Kate
G
E
In Gimbel's window, no,
A
D
shimmy like my sister Kate
G
A
At Arthur Murray's, shimmy
Outro 1
Em
C
F
Bb
Eb
D
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