Makin' Whoopee chords by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong
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Verse 1
(A major) (D major) Every time I hear that marchin'
Lohengrin
I am al (B minor) ways on the
outside lookin' in
Maybe that is why I see the (E minor) funny side
When (A major) I see somebody's (G major)
(D major) brother take a (B minor) bride
Weddings make a lot of people
sad
But if you're not (B flataug) (A major) the one,
they're (B minor) not so bad!
Verse 2
Another (D major) bride, (E flatdim) another June
(E minor) (Fdim) Another sunny (D major) (A minor) honeymoon
(G major) (C major) Another (F sharp major) sea son, (B major) another (B flat major) reason
(A major) For makin' (D major) whoopee
(G major) (D major) (C major) (E minor)
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Verse 3
(A major)
A lot of (D major) shoes, a (E flatdim) lot (E minor) of rice (Fdim)
The (F sharpdim) groom is nervous,
(D major) he (G major) an swers twice (C major)
It's really (F sharp major) killin' (B major)
That he's (F minor) so willin' (B flat major) (A major) to make
(D major) whoopee
(G major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 4
(F sharpdim) Picture (B major) a little (G major) love nest (E minor)
(C major) Down where the roses cling (D major) (B minor)
(F sharpdim) Picture the same (B major) sweet (E minor) love nest (G major) (E minor)
(C major) Think (Edim) what a year (B flat major) (C major) can bring
(G major) (D major)
Verse 5
(A major) He's (D major) washin dishes (E flatdim)
and (E minor) baby clothes (Fdim)
He's so (D major) ambi (C major) tious, he even sews (G major) (C major)
But don't for (F sharp major) get folks
(B major) That's what you get (F minor) folk (B flat major) s,
(A major) for mak (D major) in' whoopee
(B minor) (E minor) (D major)
Verse 6
(A major) Another (D major) year,
or (E flatdim) (E minor) maybe less (Fdim)
What's this (D major) I hear? Well,
can't you guess? (G major)
(C major) She feels (F sharpdim) neglected,
(F sharp major) (B major) and he's sus (B flat major) pected
(A major) Of makin' (D major) whoopee
(B minor) (E minor) (D major)
Verse 7
(G major)
(A major) She sits (D major) alone
(E flatdim) Most every (E minor) night
(Fdim) He doesn't (D major) phone her,
he does (G major) n't write
(E minor) He (C major) says he's (F sharp major) busy
(B major) But she says, (B flat major) "Is he?"
(A major) He's (F sharp minor) mak (D major) in' whoopee
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 8
(F sharpdim) He doesn't (E flatdim) make
(B major) much money (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
(C major) Only five thousand per (D major) (E minor) (D major)
Some (F sharpdim) judge who think (B major) s he's (E flatdim) (E minor) funny
Says, (B flat major) "You'll pay six (D major) to her" (C sharp major) (D major)
(G major) He says,
Verse 9
(D major) "Now judge,
(E flatdim) sup (B major) pose I (E minor) fail?"
(Fdim) The judge says, "Budge, (F sharpdim)
(F major) (A minor) right (D major) into jail (G major)
(C major) You'd better (F sharp major) keep her
(B major) I think it's (C major) cheaper (A major) than makin' (D major) W- H- (C major) (B major)
(C major) double- O- (B flat major) (C major) P- double- (E minor) (A major) E (D major) whoopee" (G major)
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Makin' Whoopee
Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong
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