I'd Rather Lead A Band chords by Irving berlin
Verse 1
G
D
G
D
D
G
I
Gm
haven't
C
F
Eb
ambitions for lofty positions
D
G
That wind up with the wealth of the land
D
G
I'd give you the throne
C
that a king sat on
F
Eb
For just a small baton
A
D
Providing you included the band
If I could be the wealthy owner
G
A
of a large industry,
D
G
I would say, not for me,
A
D
G
D
I'd rather lead a band.
If I could be a politician
G
E
A
with a chance to dictate,
D
C
D
I would say, let it wait,
G
D
Gm
I'd rather lead a band.
F#
C
My every care ceases,
Gm
G
Gm
I'm rich as old creases,
Eb
D
when I've got ten pieces in hand.
If I could be a millionairess
G
D
Am
with a whole flock of banks,
D
Am
I would just whisper thanks,
D
G
Eb
D
I'd rather lead a band.
Gm
Eb
Gm
D
Saxophone, a slide trombone,
Eb
D
a bass fiddle and a drum,
Cm
C
Gm
a guy at the piano who makes it hum,
Eb
Gm
Eb
a violin, a clarinet,
D
Gm
Eb
Gm
a hot trumpet and guitar,
C
and me with a baton, and there you are.
D
Ba ba da ba da ba ba da ba day
C
Ba da ba boo ba da da day
Gm
D
Come, get together
Let the dance floor feel your leather
A
Stuffed as lightly as a feather
D
Gm
Let yourself go
A
D
Come, hit the timber
Loosen up and start to limber
A
Can't you hear that hot marimba?
D
Let yourself go
G
A
Let yourself go
D
Relax, let yourself go
A
G
D
Gm
Relax, you've got
yourself tied up in a knot
C
Bbm
The night is cold, but the music's hot,
D
A
D
so come a -cuddle closer
A
Don't you dare to an swer no, sir
Put your banker, clerk, and grocer,
D
let yourself go
As you listen to the band,
Em
don't you get a bubble
C
As you listen to them play,
don't you get a glow
Gm
F#
C
Edim
Give me a band, yes sir,
Gm
and not a thing lesser
C
Eb#dim
Eb
To be that professor is grand
D
Eb
E
Fm
It's grand, a saxophone,
a slide trombone,
C
a bass fiddle and a drum,
Fm
a guy at piano who makes it hum,
a violin, a clarinet,
C
a hot trumpet and guitar,
C#
and me with a bat on,
Fm
and there you are.
Bb
Bb#dim
Loosen up and start to limber,
Bb
Bb#dim
can't you hear that hot marimba?
Bb
Bdim
Don't you dare to an swer no sir,
Bb
butcher, banker,
Bdim
G
D
Gm
clerk and grocer and me!
C
Fm
Fm
I'd rather lead a band!
I'd Rather Lead A Band
Irving Berlin
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