Topsy chords by The Manhattan Transfer
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Intro 1
(A minor) (B minor) (B major) (Cdim) (B minor) (A minor)
(F major) (E major) (A minor) (B minor) (E flatdim)
(B minor) (A minor) (F major) (E major)
Verse 1
(A minor) Janis' solo:
Brothers n' s (G major) isters (B major) listen (Baug) (B major) while (B minor) I tell (A minor)
you about the strangest (F major) thing (E major) (A minor)
Somethin' (G major) you might (B major) have (B minor) heard before,
(A minor) like a bell's fa (F major) mili (G major) ar ring (E minor) (A minor) (D minor)
Topsy- (E major)
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Verse 2
thought (D minor) he had it all covered, (A minor)
(G major) Yes (Bdim) (E major) sir!
Turvy, (A minor) (B minor) (Bdim) he (B major) never really
had a mind (A minor) to hear
What Mr. Topsy (F major) had to (E major) say
Verse 3
It's such a (A major) scene
Fightin' all the time
They're gettin' (D major) mean
All the sparks're flyin'
Is this a (G major) dream?
Makes you wanna cry
I'm gonna (C major) scream
What's the point?
I (A minor) won der (B major) why.
Janis' solo con (E major) tinued:
Verse 4
(A minor)
My, my, (G major) (Bdim) my,
(B major) my, my (B minor) people you should (A minor) know -
These cats'll never get (F major) no relief
(E major) Turvy, (A minor) and (B minor) sweet - Top- (B major) sy - it's so (A minor) pulveriz (F major) in',
paralyzin';
Doncha know?
(E major) (YES YES)
Verse 5
Tim's solo: Y' know I (A minor)
really don't get (B major) it
That's the (Cdim) way it (B minor) always
seems to be- (A minor) dread it
(F major) Everytime I (E major) come around
these cats are always
Scrappin'
(B minor) Yappin' all about some (D major) little
(A minor) fluffy piece of ding a lingin'
Stain around the elbow (D minor)
A bit of (E major) this, a bit of that - you bet
your dollar that the
(D minor) Joint's a (G major) hellzapoppin'
Man alive! (E major)
Topsy's (A minor) in a fit (Bdim) (B major)
Turvy's in a snit
Ain't there (A minor) anyone here who
can (F major) put out the fire? (A minor)
Verse 6
(A major) This is the (D major) most exasperatin'
situ (B minor) ation (E major) tell ya
(A minor) I ain't- nev (D major) er seen
the likes of (D minor) this (G major) one
And I have seen a bunch that'll
really make y' think
About it (C major)
Wait a minute, (F major) hold your horses,
(E major) here they comin' now
Verse 7
(A minor) Oh Mr. Topsy (B minor) (B major) you sure (Baug)
(Bdim) bring (G major) me down (A minor)
Better believe you're spittin' the (F major) cotton-
you are (E major) spittin' the cotton (A minor) now
Ah!
And Mr. (G major) Turvy (Baug) your (B major) head's (A minor) no
where bound
It's somethin' I would (F major) rather do without
Ha! (E major)
Interlude 1
(A minor) (B minor) (A minor) (F major) (A minor)
(B minor) (A minor) (F major) (A minor)
(D minor) (E major) (F major) (E major) (E minor) (D minor) (G major)
(Bdim) (B flat major) (A minor) (Cdim) (E flatdim) (D major) (A minor) (D major) (A minor)
(A major) (D major) (F sharp minor) (D major) (A major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 8
Pi (C major) ano Solo (A minor)
Interlude 2
(E major) (A minor) (G major) (Cdim) (G major)
(A minor) (G major) (F major) (E major) (A minor) (G major) (B minor)
(D major) (A minor) (G major)
(A minor) Ain't
Verse 9
you (B major) had enough (Cdim)
of Topsy (B major) (B minor) Turvy
(A minor) I've had more than I can handle n'
it's (F major) tested my patience (E major) now
(A minor) Sick and (B minor) tired (B major) (Cdim) of
this crazy (Bdim) (G major) scene (F major)
I'm (A minor) a little more than sick n' tired,
(F major) oh, I'm really wired
(D minor) There's an (E major) other (Edim) way (E major) to (Edim) go
(E major) about this brother (D minor) (D major)
Won'tcha (D minor) hear me now,
(Bdim) got'ta dig what I'm 'bout to (G major) tell (A minor) ya
Loving one (G major) (B major) an (Cdim) other's (B minor) what I mean
- (D major) Boy love'll really straighten (A minor) y' (E major) out
- If you'll (A minor) only check (A major) it out
It's such a (B minor) scene Fightin's such (B major) a crime
Verse 10
(A major)
(G major) Now, they're gettin' (D major) mean
Bound t' lose their mind
Man, is this a (G major) dream?
Wastin' so much time
Help! I'm gonna scream
Wastin' (F major) yours
And wastin' mine (E major)
Verse 11
Topsy (A major) (A minor) (B minor) (D major) Turvey's World
(Cdim) is (B minor) Topsy Turvy (A minor)
A little (F major) lovin' might (E major) undo it
Just (A minor) because (B minor) they can't
(D major) meet in between
(G major) (F major) (D major) (E major)
Verse 12
(A minor) Woe, (oh) (B major) Woe (Cdim) (no) (B minor) Woe (A minor) (F major) (E major)
(A minor) (oh) (B minor) Woe (Cdim) (no) Woe (B minor)
Woe, (A minor) (F major) (E major) Woe, Woe, Woe,
Woe
Woe, (oh no) Woe (oh no) Woe (oh no) Woe (oh no)
Woe
Top- sy (G major) (F major) Tur- vy (E major) Top-
sy Tur- vy (C major) Oooooooh (A minor)
What a pity.
(A major)
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