Key: C major
Verse 1
My best friend,
memories
Childhood days, lemon
Db
ade, romance
a circus
Her name was Lydia
G
C
I met her at the World's Fair
in 1900, marked out in 1940
Ah, Lydia, she was the most glorious
creature under the sun
Dm
Thaïs, Du Barry, Garbo, rolled into one Oh Lydia,
Em
Dm
C
She has eyes that folks adore so
G
A
Dm
G
And a torso even more so
C
G
C
Lydia, oh, Lydia, that encyclopedia
G
C
F
Oh, Lydia, the queen of tattoo
Em
Eb
Dm
On her back is the Battle of Waterloo
G
C
Dbdim
Beside it the Wreck of
Dm
G
the Hesperus too
F#dim
G
C
You can learn a lot from Lydia
Verse 2
C
Eb
When her robe is unfurled
she will show you the world
Fm
Bb
If you step up and tell her where
Interlude 1
Eb
C
Verse 3
G
C
Lydia, say have you met Lydia?
G
C
Dbdim
Dm
G
Oh, Lydia, the tattooed lady
F
Em
Dm
C
When her muscles start relaxin'
A
Dm
G
Up the hill comes Andrew Jackson
C
G
C
Lydia, oh, Lydia, that encyclopedia
Verse 4
Em
C
Eb
For two bits she will do a
Dm
G
Mazurka in jazz
C
A
Dm
G
With a view of Niagara that nobody has
C
F
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraz
G
C
You can learn a lot from Lydia
G
C
Eb
Verse 5
Come along and see Buffalo
Bill with his lasso
Here is Captain Spaulding
exploring the Amazon
Here's Godiva,
Interlude 2
Eb
C
Db
Verse 6
C
G
C
Here is Grover Whalen
C
Dm
G
Over on the west coast
C
Dm
C
G
we have Treasure Island
A
Dm
G
Here's Nijinsky a doin' the Rhumba
Verse 7
Em
Eb
She once swept an Admiral
Dm
G
clear off his feet
C
A
The ships on her hips made
Dm
G
his heart skip a beat
Dm
G
C
For he went and married Lydia
Verse 8
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC Db G Dm F...
More songs by Groucho Marx
Discover chords for more songs to play
4.8
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users