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