Makin' Whoopee chords by Dinah Washington

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D
G
Am
Em
Eb
C
Gaug
A
Ab
E
Adim
Gm
Bdim
Dm
F
F#
Abaug
Bm
F#dim
Fdim
Asus4
F#m
C#m
C#dim
B
Bb

Verse 1
D 
G 
Am 
D 
An (D major) other bride,  (G major) another Jun (A minor) e  (D major) 
G 
Am 
Another  (G major) sunny honeymoon  (A minor) 
G 
Em 
Eb 
Another sea (G major) son,  (E minor) another  (E flat major) reason
Am 
C 
G 
 (A minor) For makin' whoopee  (C major)  (G major) 
C 
Gaug 
Eb 
A 
Ab 
 (C major)  (Gaug)  (E flat major)  (A major)  (A flat major) 

Verse 2
G 
 (G major) 
Am 
D 
A lot of shoes, a lot of rice  (A minor)  (D major) 
E 
G 
The groom is  (E major)  (G major) nervous; he
Am 
C 
 (A minor) an  swers  (C major) twice
Adim 
G 
 (Adim) It's   really killin'  (G major) 
Em 
Eb 
Am 
G 
 (E minor) That he's so  (E flat major) willin'  (A minor) to make whoopee  (G major) 
C 
G 
C 
Gaug 
Gm 
A 
Ab 
 (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (Gaug)  (G minor)  (A major)  (A flat major) 

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Verse 3

Picture a little love nest

Down where the roses cling

Picture the same sweet love nest

Think what a year can bring

He's washin'

Verse 4
dishes
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) and baby  (A minor) clothes
D 
G 
C 
He's  (D major) so ambi (G major) tious he  (C major) even sews
G 
F 
G 
 (G major) But  (F major) don't  (G major) forget, folks
Em 
E 
Eb 
That's  (E minor) what  (E major) you get,  (E flat major) folks,
D 
G 
for  (D major) makin' whoopee  (G major) 

Interlude 1

Another year

Verse 5
Bm 
or maybe  (B minor) less
E 
A 
 (E major) What's this I  (A major) hear? Well,
D 
you can (D major) 't confess
A 
She feels neg (A major) lected,
F#dim 
Fdim 
an (F sharpdim) d        he's suspected  (Fdim) 
E 
A 
E 
 (E major) Of makin'  (A major) whoopee  (E major) 

Verse 6
A 
Bm 
E 
She sits alone  (A major) 'most every  (B minor) night  (E major) 
A 
He doesn't phone  (A major) her; he
Asus4 
D 
does (Asus4) n't      write  (D major) 
A 
He says he's  (A major) busy,
F#m 
F#dim 
F 
but  (F sharp minor) she   says,  (F sharpdim) "Is  (F major) he?"
E 
A 
F 
E 
A 
 (E major) He's makin'  (A major) whoopee  (F major)  (E major)  (A major) 

Verse 7
C#m 
C#dim 
F# 
Bm 
He  (C sharp minor) does (C sharpdim) n't      make  (F sharp major) much money  (B minor) 
Bdim 
E 
A 
E 
Only  (Bdim) five   thou (E major) sand per  (A major)  (E major) 
C#m 
F# 
Bm 
 (C sharp minor) Some  judge  (F sharp major) who thinks he's  (B minor) funny
Bdim 
E 
A 
Bm 
Says,  (Bdim) "You'll pay  (E major) six to her (A major) "   (B minor) 
E 
He says,  (E major) "Now,

Verse 8
Judge,
A 
Bm 
E 
 (A major) suppose  (B minor) I   fail?"  (E major) 
The judge says,
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) "Budge  (A major) right into jail"  (D major) 
Bm 
E 
You'd  (B minor) better keep  (E major) her
F#dim 
F 
 (F sharpdim) ; I      think it's cheap (F major) er
E 
D 
 (E major) Than makin'  (D major) whoopee
G 
 (G major) You'd