The Debutantes' Ball chords by
Colin Buchanan

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

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The night

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of nights of the so cial year

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The rich and the influential are here

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Come for the spectacle,

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come one, come all

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Tonight is the night of the

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de butante's ball

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The visiting dignitaries

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marched through the

door

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We all were upstanding

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with respect and with

awe

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The

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Cardinal's outfit left no doubt at all

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He had the best dress of

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the de butante's ball

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The mo

ment that all had been waiting for came

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The

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Debs and their partners

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were called in by name

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Like bulls at an auction they

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were led round the hall

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Nobody bid at the de butante's ball

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The boys in their bow ties, the

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Debs wearing

white

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The women wore outfits

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made just for the

night

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The beautiful dresses of

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the de butante's

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ball

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All one day lined the racks of

St

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Vincent de

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With formalities done with,

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the band took the stage

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Three hundred people

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were ready to rage

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From barn dance to waltzes

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to old rock 'n 'roll

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Young and old danced at

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the de butante's ball

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All the old -timers the

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kids thought were lame

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Got out on that dance floor

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and put them to shame

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Gliding and swirling all round the hall

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While the kids trot on toes at the

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debutante's ball

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They called it a night at about half past two

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A fair contingent that sunk quite a few

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They fi nally staggered out of the hall

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To go home and sleep off the

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de butante's ball

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They've had one for years

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and they had one again

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Different

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Debs who look much the same

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While I'm still trying to make

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sense of it all

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Am

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They're already planning

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their next debutantes for

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The night of nights of social year

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The rich and the influential are here

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Come for the spectacle,

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come one, come all

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Am

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Tonight is the night of the

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de butante's ball

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Tonight was the night of the

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de butante's ball

Outro 1

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Chords

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The original key of The Debutantes' Ball by Colin Buchanan is C major.

The primary chords used in The Debutantes' Ball are C, Am, G, D, F.

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