Key: Bb major
Intro 1
E
Verse 1
Eb
D
G
Due to the tragic
lowness of my brow,
all music that's highbrow
Bdim
E
G
Adim
C#dim
G
gets me upset.
C
G
C
Each time I hear a
B
C
strain of Stravinsky's,
Adim
Eb
Ebdim
I hurry to Minsky's and try to forget.
D
E
A
Gaug
B
D
G
I don't
like Schubert's music
or Schumann's.
I'm one of those humans
C
E
who only goes in for Berlin
Am
E
and Vincent Heumann's. I'm
A
Bbdim
for the guy that eludes
G
E
Fox sonatas
G
E
C
and Chopin preludes
B
E
So if some nice man I meet
A
D
G
C
A
D
I always murmur, toot sweet
E
Eb
E
If you want to thrill me
And drill me for your crew
Sing me a melody
A
D
that's red, hot, and blue
G
Em
A
E
Before you expand on
that grand cottage for two,
sing me a melody
Am
A
G
D
G
that's red, hot, and blue.
Em
G
I can take Sevilleus or Delius,
B
Cdim
C
but I swear I'd throw my be
Am
D
st pal away for Calloway.
D#
E
and I get married to you,
Am
Ebdim
don't let that violin start
A
C#dim
Bbdim
D
playing low an d grin.
E
B
E
Em
It may be sweet as sin,
C#dim
Eb
G
A
G
E
D
A
B
A
Am
A
but it's not red, hot, and blue.
Am
A
C#dim
Fdim
C
G
B
G
C
Bb
C
Am
E
A
B
A
Am
A
Am
A
C#dim
D
B
C
B
C
Dm
Fdim
E
Edim
E
If you ask me, toots,
Am
A
G
D
that's red, hot and blue
G
Em
E
If I'm quite correct,
Edim
E
Edim
you expect me to come through
A
G
D
G
that's red, hot and blue
Em
G
This craze that's pursuing me
G
C
but my Waterloo won't be
Am
D
Wellington but Ellington.
Eb
D
E
So if you feel tonight's
E
Am
I've no desire to hear
A
C#dim
Flagstaff's Brunhilde dear.
D
B
She waves a pretty spear,
C#dim
Eb
G
but she's not red, hot, and blue!
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