Typical Self-Made American chords by George gershwin
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Verse 1
(G major) While other lads were trying
out the bi (E minor) cycle,
(D major) Or pitch (G major) ing pennies (E flat major) on the parlor (C major) floor,
(Dsus4)
(D major) Their pleas (G major) ures left me
colder than an (E flataug) icicle,
(A major) For I knew (G major) what I (A major) was predestined (D major) for. (G major)
(A major) Yes, (D major) he knew (A major) what he
(D major) was pre (E major) destined (A major) for.
(A minor) I (D major) got (G major) a job and worked both
day and (E minor) night at it.
(D major) I watched (G major) the cheese
but (E flat major) never watched the (C major) clock.
(D major) The (G major) big boss thought I was
so very (E flataug) bright at it. (E minor)
(C sharpdim) But (A major) when he (D major) died he left me (E flatdim) all the (E minor) stock.
(A major) I was (G major) there when (A minor) opportun
(C major) ity came (D major) to (G major) knock.
(A major) Like the her (D major) o in an outer (A major) novel,
(C sharpdim) he was (D major) born and brought up in a (E major) hobble.
(A major) Though (D major) I often had to face disaster (A major) ,
I would (D major) al ways prove my (D minor) self a (A major) master.
He would (D minor) always prove himself a (A major) master.
I'm (D major) a man of very quick decision,
(A major) for I (D major) always have the gift of (E major) vision.
(A major) He up (D major) holds the country's constitu (E major) tion,
(A major) and he (D major) hates the Russian (D minor) Revolu (E minor) tion.
How (A major) he makes the Russian (D minor) Revolu (A major) tion!
He op (D major) poses the country's (C major) laws
Because, be (F major) cause, be (G minor) cause, (C major) be cause
I (F major) am a (C major) typical (F major) self -made (C major) American
I've (F major) been (C major) a go -getter
(F major) ever since (C major) life began
In a modest way I (F major) feel,
I (F minor) am basically sound,
(B flat major) with my (D minor) shoulder to (G major) the wheel,
(G minor) and my two feet on the (C major) ground.
He (B flat major) is a typical, typical,
typic (F major) al South (B flat major) Bay (C major) American.
(F major) (D minor) (Bdim) (A major) (D minor) (B minor) (E major) (A major) (G major)
(A major) From the
lowest (D major) of the ranks I've (E major) risen
(G major) Now (D major) both honor
and success are (E major) his 'n
Always (D major) fighting for
the small con (A major) sumer
(C sharpdim) An d now (D major) tell him of
your (D minor) sense of (A major) humor
Of your devastating (D minor) sense of (A major) humor
I'm (D major) a mason and an elk and (E major) woodman
(G major) Which un (D major) questionably
shows a (E major) good man.
(D major) I've been very good to dear old (E major) mother
So (A major) we'll (D major) never work for (D minor) any (A major) other.
We don't care to work (D minor) for any (A major) other.
And we (D major) give him our ap (C major) plause,
(F major) be (B flat major) cause, be (F major) cause,
(D minor) be (G minor) cause, (C major) be cause
He is a typical self -made American.
With wheat cakes for breakfast,
(F major) cornflakes and (C major) lots of bread.
I'm as good a man, I (F major) feel,
as a (F minor) ruler who is (B flat major) crowned
With (D minor) my shoulder to the wheel
an (G minor) d my two feet on the (C major) ground
I (F major) am a typical, typical, typical,
self (B flat major) -made (C major) American (F major)
Typical Self-Made American
George Gershwin
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