Key: D major
Verse 1
F#
D
F#
(She wears red feathers and
G#m
a hooly-hooly skirt)
B
(She wears red feathers and
F#
a hooly-hooly skirt)
B
F#
She lives on just cokey-nuts
and fish from the sea
D#m
F#
A rose in her hair, a gleam in her eyes
C#
And love in her heart for me
F#
D#m
F#
Verse 2
I work in a London bank,
C#
respectable position
F#
From nine to three they serve you tea
G#
C#
But ruin your disposition
B
G#m
Each night at the music hall,
F#
travelogues I see
B
F#
And once a pearl of a native girl
G#m
C#
F#
came smilin' right at me
Verse 3
F#
She wears red feathers and
a hooly-hooly skirt
skirt
B
G#m
B
She wears red feathers and
F#
a hooly-hooly skirt
skirt
B
F#
She lives on just cokey-nuts
and fish from the sea
D#m
F#
A rose in her hair, a gleam in her eyes
B
F#
And love in her heart for me
D#m
G#m
F#
Verse 4
Goodbye to the London bank,
C#
I started in a-sailin'
F#
The The fourteenth day from Mandalay
G#
C#
I spied her from the railin'
B
G#m
She knew I was on my way,
F#
waited, and was true
B
F#
She said "You son of an Englishman,
G#m
C#
F#
I've dreamed each night of you"
Verse 5
F#
She wears red feathers and
a hooly-hooly skirt
B
skirt
G#m
B
She wears red feathers and
F#
a hooly-hooly skirt
skirt
B
F#
She lives on just cokey-nuts
and fish from the sea
D#m
A rose in her hair, a gleam in her eyes
G#m
C#
And love in her heart for me
F#
D#m
G#m
F#
Verse 6
I went to her Ma and Pa
G#
and said I loved her only
C#
F#
And they both said we could be wed,
G#
C#
oh, what a ceremony
B
An elephant brought her in,
F#
placed her by my side
B
F#
G#m
While six baboons got out bassoons and played
C#
F#
"Here Comes the Bride"
G
D
Verse 7
G
Em
G
I'm back here in London town and,
Am
D
though it may sound silly
G
She's here with me and you should
A
D
see us walk down Picadilly
Am
C
Am
C
Am
The boys at the Lon don bank
G
Bm
Em
kinda hold their breath
Ebaug
G
Bm
She sits with me and sips her
Am
D
G
tea which tickles them to death
Verse 8
G
She wears red feathers and
a hooly-hooly skirt
Am
skirt
She wears red feathers and
G
D
a hooly-hooly skirt
Am
G
skirt
C
G
She lives on just cokey-nuts
and fish from the sea
Em
Bm
G
Abdim
A rose in her hair, a gleam in her eyes
E
Am
Em
Am
And love (and love) in her
D
Cdim
G
heart (in her heart) for me
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