Men About Town chords by Gertrude Lawrence, Noël Coward
Verse 1
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What's on, Ducks?
Mabel Grace.
She's nearly finished.
She's been finished for years,
as far as I'm concerned.
What's the matter with Mabel Grace?
Ask the public, dear.
That's all.
Just ask the public.
Mabel Grace is an artist,
and don't you forget it.
She may be a bit long in the tooth now,
but she's a bigger star
than you'll ever be, so there.
You make me sick.
Sucking up to the top -liners.
Who sucks up to the top -liners?
You do.
Look at Irene Baker.
What's the matter with Irene Baker?
Well, when last heard from,
she was falling down drunk
at the Empire Arklay Pool.
That's a dirty lie.
Irene never touches a drop
till after the show,
and well, you know it. Irene!
Was Miss Baker this and Miss Baker
that the last time you saw her?
That's all you know.
Oh, trying to make me think
you got off with her,
What a charm!
If a day ever dawns
when you can time your laughs like Irene Baker does,
I'll give you a nice red apple.
Fat lot of laughs I'd get
Em
when you write the gags.
A
If you're dissatisfied with your material,
you know what you can do with it.
Em
Yeah, I know what I'd like
A
to do with it.
Can't even do a
straight walk -off
without mucking it up.
Oh, we're back again at that, are we?
Yes, we are, sir, there.
I'm sick of you and the old act.
It's lousy anyway.
The act was
good enough for my mum and dad.
It's good enough for you.
Yeah, things have changed, you know,
a bit since your mum and dad's day.
There's electric light now and telephones.
A little invention called the moving pictures.
I mean, nobody wants to see the red peppers
for three bob
and they can have
garbo for ninepence.
That's just where you're wrong, see?
we are flesh and blood we are.
public would rather see flesh
and blood any day
than a cheesy photograph.
put Garbo on on a Saturday night in
Devonport
E
and see what had happened to her.
you ought to know.
look what happened to us.
A
that wasn't Devonport it was
South Sea.
E
well whatever it was the fleet was in.
Em
A
if you think the acts are lousy
it's a pity you don't rewrite some of it.
I've never tried going into St.
Paul's
and offering to rewrite the Bible.
oh very funny.
E
very very very very funny.
A
you're wasted in the show business
dear.
you ought to write
for comic cuts you ought.
I could think up better gags
than you at that.
B
That wasn't a lady, it was my wife.
A
Borey old chestnuts.
They were Aspen's
when your grandmother fell off
the eye wire.
Em
And what, may I ask,
A
has my grandmother got
to do with it?
Em
A
Only that she didn't fall soon
enough, that's all.
B
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Red Peppers, three minutes.
A
My God, we're off.
Come on, come on,
don't keep the customers
waiting.
You've got your cane?
Yes, I've got it.
F#
B
Well, don't drop it. All right.
G
F#
B
Em
A
D
A
D
A
We are two chaps
D
who find it thrilling to do the
killing.
We're always willing to
A
give the girls a treat.
D
G
Just to drink at the Ritz,
Em
call it double or quits.
B
A
E
A
For when we pain, the world is at our feet
D
Top hats, white specks, look divine on us
A
Bells a -shine on us, get a name on us
D
G
B
Em
When we come your way
A
D
Dad, el even o 'clock,
Em
A
D
her lips pop into the trunk
E
A
Now we start the business of the day
D
As we stroll down
B
E
Em
Pick a dimpsy in the bright morning air
A
All the girls turn and stare,
D
E
though we are so nonchalant
A
and frankly never nail, as we chat.
D
B
To you, Horace, Maud or Lily,
Em
you should see the way
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their boyfriends frown,
B
for they know without a doubt
G
F#
B
that their luck's right out
Em
when they see a couple
A
D
of men of outer town.
A
D
As we stray down
B
Piggy, Pig and Illy
E
Em
All the girls say, who's here?
A
Em
Oh, jealousy, my dear!
A
D
E
For it's Mom, the Duke,
A
And Percy, blah, blah, blah
D
As we don't hence
B
Each pretty billy
Em
Gives a wink at us
F#
And then looks down
B
Bm
G
For they long with all their might
F#
For a red hot date
B
Em
A
When they see a couple of men
D
about a pound.
Men About Town
Gertrude Lawrence, Noël Coward
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