Jolly Holiday chords by Duke Ellington
Skip chords and lyricsGet now
Verse 1
(A minor) (D minor) Ain't it a (G major) (D minor)
(A minor) glorious day?
Right as a mornin' in May
I feel like (G major) I could fly
(C major) Have (B major) you ever seen the grass
So green, or a bluer sky?
Oh it's a (E major) jolly
Verse 2
(B major) 'oli (E major) day with Mary
Mary makes your 'eart so light!
(A minor) When the day is gray and ordianry
Mary makes the sun
shine bright!
Oh, 'appiness is bloomin' all
around 'er
The daffodils are (D major) smilin' at
the dove (A minor) (F sharpdim)
(G sharpdim) When Mary 'olds your 'and
(G major) You (Gdim) (G major) feel (F sharp major) so grand (G major) (G sharp major)
(D minor) Your 'eart starts (G major) beatin' (D minor) (A minor) like
A big brass band!
It's a jolly (G major) (A minor) 'ol (G major) iday
with Mary
No wonder that it's (A minor) (C major) Mary (C sharpdim) (E minor) that
(D minor) (Fdim) (D minor) (G major) (B major) (E flatdim) (G major) we (A minor) love!
(G major) Oh
New- Play with audio & scroll
Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.
Verse 3
(C major) it's a jolly (E minor) 'ol iday with Mary
(E flatdim) Mary makes your (E minor) (D minor) 'eart so light!
When (F major) the (D minor) day is gray and
(G major) or dianry
Mary makes (B major) the sun shine (E flatdim) bright! (G major)
(C major) Oh, (G major) 'appiness is bloomin' all around 'er
The daffodils (G sharp major) are (A minor) smilin' at
(E minor) (G major) (C major) the dove
When Mary 'olds (E minor) (A major) your 'and
You feel (D major) so grand (D minor) (G major)
(C major) Your 'eart starts beatin' like
A (A minor) big (D minor) brass (G major) band!
It's (D minor) a jolly 'oliday with (G major) Mary
No (D minor) won der (G major) that (A minor) it's
Mary (C major) that we love!
Oh, it's a jolly holiday with you, Bert
Verse 4
Gentlemen (C major)
(A minor) like (B major) you are (C major) few
Though you're just a
diamond (D minor) (A minor) (E major)
(Bdim) In the (E major) (A minor) (E flatdim) rough,
(A minor) Bert
Underneath your blood is blue!
You'd (D major) never think of pressing (G major) (D minor)
Your advantage
Forbearance (A minor) is (F sharpdim) (G sharp major) (G major) the
(A minor) (D minor) (F major) hall (D minor) mark of your creed
A (G major) lady needn't (D minor) (A minor) (E minor) fear when you are
(A minor) (C minor) near
Your sweet gentility is crystal clear!
Oh, it's a (C major) (F major) (D minor) (Bdim) (E flatdim)
jolly holiday (F major) with you, (C major) Bert
A (D minor) jolly, jolly holiday with (Bdim) you!
It's (D minor) true that
Verse 5
(E flatdim) (G major) (E minor)
(C sharpdim) Mavis and Sybil 'ave
Ways (G major) that (A minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) are (E minor)
(A minor) (D minor)
(F major) (D minor) (G major) (C major) winning
And Prudence and Gwen (A minor) dolyn (F major)
Set your 'eart (D minor) spinning (F major)
Phoebe's (G major) delightful,
Maude is disarming
Janice, Felicia, (B major) Lydia- (C major) - charming
Cynthia's dashing,
(G major) (F major) Vivian's sweet
Stephanie's smash
(D minor) ing, Priscilla a treat
Veronica, (F major) Millicent, Agnes, and (D minor) Jane
Convivial (F major) company,
(A minor) (C major) (F major) time and (A minor) again (D minor)
(F major) Dorcas (D minor) and Phyl (F major) lis and Glynis are sorts
I'll (D minor) agree are three jolly good (F major) sports
But cream of the (C major) crop, tip of the (F major) top
It's Mary Poppins,
and (C major) there (D minor) (F major) (D minor) (C major) we stop!
More songs by Duke Ellington
Discover chords for more songs to play
Related songs
Discover chords for more songs to play
