Putting On The Style chords by Pete Seeger

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Verse 1
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Young  (D major) man in the carriage
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 (E minor) Driving like he's  (A major) mad with a pair  (D major) of horses
A 
D 
 (A major) He borrowed from  (D major) his dad
He cracks his whip so lively
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Just to see his lady smile  (A major) 
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A 
 (D major) But  (A major) she knows he's only
D 
 (D major) Putting on the style

Verse 2
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 (D major) Oh! Putting on the agony
Putting on the style
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 (E minor) That's what all  (A major) the young folks
D 
Are doing  (D major) all the while
And as I look around me
A 
I'm very apt to smile  (A major) to see
so many people
D 
Putting  (D major) on the style
Sweet sixteen goes to church
Em 
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Just to see the  (E minor) boys  (A major) laughs
D 
 (D major) and giggles
At every little noise
She turns this way a little
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Then turns that way awhile  (A major) 
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 (D major) But every (A major) body knows she's
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Only putting  (D major) on the style

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Verse 3

Oh! Putting on the agony

Putting on the style

That's what all the young folks

Are doing all the while

And as I look around me

I'm very apt to smile to see

so many people

Putting on the style

Verse 4
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Young man in the restaurant Smokes  (D major) 
Em 
a dirty pipe  (E minor) looking
like a pumpkin
A 
D 
 (A major) That's only half  (D major) way ripe
Smoking, drinking, chewing
And thinking all the while
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 (A major) That there is nothing equal
D 
Than putting  (D major) on the style

Verse 5
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Oh! Putting on the agony  (D major) 
Putting on the style
A 
 (A major) That's what all the young folks
D 
Are doing all  (D major) the while
And as I look around me
A 
I'm very apt to smile  (A major) to see
so many people
D 
Putting on  (D major) the style

Verse 6
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Young man just from  (D major) college
Makes a great display
A 
 (A major) With a great big jawbreak
D 
Which he  (D major) can hardly say
It can't be found in Webster's
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And won't be for a while  (A major) 
D 
A 
 (D major) But every (A major) body knows he's only
D 
Putting on  (D major) the style

Verse 7
D 
Oh! Putting  (D major) on the agony
Putting on the style
A 
Em 
 (A major) That's what all the young  (E minor) folks
A 
D 
 (A major) Are doing all  (D major) the while
And as I look around me
A 
I'm very apt to smile  (A major) to see
so many people
D 
Putting on  (D major) the style preacher
in the pulpit
Shouting with all his might
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 (A major) "Glory! Hallelujah!"
D 
Puts the people in  (D major) a fright
You might think that Satan's coming
Up and down the aisle
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 (A major) But it's only the preacher
D 
Putting  (D major) on the style

Verse 8
D 
Putting on the agony putting  (D major) on the style
A 
 (A major) That's what all the young folks
D 
Are doing all  (D major) the while
And as I look around me
A 
I'm very apt to smile  (A major) to see
so many people
D 
Putting on  (D major) the style