The Gentleman Is a Dope chords by Richard Rodgers

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Verse 1
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The boss gets on my nerves,
I've got a good mind to quit,
I've taken all I can,
it's time to get up and git,
and move to another job,
or maybe another town,
the gentleman burns me up,
Em 
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G 
the gentleman gets me down.
Gm 
G 
The gentleman is a dope,
Am 
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G 
a man of many faults,
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a clumsy Joe
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Bb 
who wouldn't know a rumba from a waltz.
D 
The gentleman is a dope,
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C 
and not my cup of tea,
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Eb 
why do  I get in a dither,
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Am 
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Gm 
he doesn't belong to me.
The gentleman
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The isn't bright,
C 
he doesn't know the score.
Eb 
A cake will come,
E 
he'll take a crumb
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Bb 
and never ask for more.
D 
The gentleman's eyes are blue,
G 
C 
but little do they see.
Eb 
Why am  I beating my brains out?
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Gm 
Eb 
He doesn't belong to me.
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C 
Am 
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He's somebody else's problem.
Cm 
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Am 
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She's welcome to the guy
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Gm 
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She'll never understand him
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D 
Half as well as I
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The gentleman is a dope
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G 
C 
He isn't very smart
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He's just a lug you'd like to hug
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Bb 
And hold against your heart
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Gm 
The gentleman doesn't know
C 
how happy he could be.
Eb 
Look at me crying my eyes out
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Am 
as if he belonged to
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me.
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C 
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G 
He'll never belong to me
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The Gentleman is  a dope
Gm 
The Gentleman is a dope you