Key: Eb major
Intro 1
E
C
B
E
Verse 1
C
B
E
Due to the
tragic lowness of my brow,
D
a music that's highbrow
Ddim
C#
C#m
E
get s me up set.
F#m
Gdim
E
A
D
A
Each time I hear a
strain of Stravinsky's,
F#dim
Am
I hurry to Min sky's and
C
B
C#m
try to forget.
B
E
I don't like Schubert's music
or Schumann's.
Bm
I'm one of those humans
E
A
E
who only goes in for Berlin
F#m
and Vincent Eumann's.
Gdim
Edim
G#
I'm for the guy that eludes Boxonatas
E
B
and Chopin prillions.
E
C#m
So when some nice girl I meet,
A
I always murmur, toot,
E
C#m
E
C#m
E
A
C
E
A
sweet.
C
B
E
A
F#m
B
E
Caug
C#m
C
If you want to thrill me
C#m
Edim
and drill me for your crew,
C
C#
C
C#m
Sing me a melody that's red,
E
hot, and blue.
Edim
C#m
C
C#m
Before you ex pand on that
grand cottage for two,
Edim
C#m
Fdim
F#m
B
Sing me a melody that's red,
E
hot, and blue.
F#aug
E
I can't take Sibelius or Delius,
A
But I swear I'd throw my best
G#
C#
F#
Cdim
pal away for Cal loway.
C
Caug
C#m
So when we're all set
C
C#m
and I get married to you,
F#
C
C#m
C#
F#m
Don't let that violin start
Edim
G#
playing low and grim.
C#m
It may be sweet as sin,
F#
E
C
D#dim
C
F#m
B
E
but it's not red, hot, and blue.
Caug
C
Cdim
C
B
C
Caug
C#
F#m
B
E
D
I'm afraid that pursuing me may ruin me,
E
A
D
C#
But my Waterloo will be Ellington,
F#m
not Wellington.
F#
E
Caug
C#m
So if you feel tonight
E
C#m
F#
like a light even ing for two,
C
C#
F#m
I've no desire to hear
F#
Gdim
Flagstaff's Brunhilde dear.
G#
She waves a pretty spear.
C#m
F#
C
But what we need
Edim
C
is some heat.
Pop so quick and a beat boppin'.
D
G
D
D#dim
Start my heart beat boppin'.
Ebm
Ab
Life's great. Life's grand.
Db
Ddim
Ab
future all planned
Cdim
Ebdim
Db
Eb
no more clouds in the sky
Fm
how am I ridin'
Eb
Ab
Dbm
I'm rid in' high someone
Db
Ddim
Ab
Db
I love mad for my
Ab
Cdim
Ebdim
love so long
Cdim
Gb
Ebm
Ebdim
Jo nah goodbye how
Ab
am I ridin'
Eb
Db
Dbm
B
I'm ridin' high
Bsus4
B
E
B
Float ing on a starlit ceiling,
E
B
Dbm
Doting on the cards I'm dealing,
Db
Gbm
C
Floating because I'm feeling
So hap -hap -happy,
Dbm
A
Ab
Dbm
B
E
Gbm
I'm slap -happy.
B
Cdim
Ebdim
Dbm
So ring bells, sing songs,
B
Cdim
Gb
Dbm
Blow horns, beat gongs,
Edim
Ab
Abm
Our love never will die.
Eb
Adim
Ab
I'm rid in',
E
I'm ridin' home
Outro 1
E
G
Gdim
B
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