Red Garters chords by Harry James, Rosemary Clooney

SimplifiedD · Bb · A · Am · C …

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F
Ebdim
Eb
C#dim
Em
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F#

Verse 1
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Hiya Pete!
Hiya Jim!
Howdy Joe!
Howdy Slim!
We know what you've been missin'
while you've been on the trail.
We're mighty glad you're
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back in town
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and keepin' out of jail.
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Put the red eye down and
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drop your gun.
We're gonna have a little fun,
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and it's gonna do ya
Hey all you roaring cowboys,
you've got a treat tonight
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Red garters on the dancing girl,
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what a  pretty sight
Come on you busy drinkers,
and blow away the foam
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Red garters on the dancing girl,
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you'll never see it all
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I'm feeling friendly and full of spice
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But don't grab the package
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or touch the merchandise
Hey, all you men from Leadville
and you from Laramie
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Red garter's on a -dancin', girl,
got a front parade
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Red garter's on a -dancin', girl,
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what you came to see?
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Started off in yonkers,
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dressed from head to toe
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Then I dropped my bustle
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off south of Buffalo
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Took off
a dozen petticoats
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in Altoona, Penn
It got so hot in Illinois,
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dropped another ten
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In Kansas, let my hair down,
save an eye away
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Finally got in fightin' shape
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in California, eh?
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And here I wear the minimum,
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Red Goddard's hooray
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And to see the maximum,
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they come from miles away
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Hey, tobacco drummers,
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who says this town is tame?
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Red garters on a dancin' girl,
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aren't you glad you came?
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I've never been to Broadway,
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I just don't fit the part
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Red garters on a dancin' girl,
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now that's what I call art
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Don't tell the sheriff I'm
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breakin' laws