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When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich chords by
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
Petula Clark
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
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When the idle poor

become the idle rich,

You'll never know just who is who
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or who is which.

Won't it be rich
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when everyone's poor relative
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Becomes a Rockefeller -tive
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and times no longer itch?
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What a switch!
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When we all have ermine
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an d plastic teeth,
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Em
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How will we determine who's
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who underneath?

And when all your neighbors
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are upper class,
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You won't know your Georges
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from your As tor s.
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Let's toast the day,

The day we drink that drinky up
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But with the little pinky up
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The day on which
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Dbdim
Dbdim
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Dm
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The idle poor become the
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idle rich
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When a rich man doesn't want to work

He's a bon vivant, yes, he's a bon vivant
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But when a poor man doesn't want to work
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He's a loafer, he's a lounger,
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2

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he's a lazy good -for -nothin',
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he's a jerk.

When a rich man loses on a horse,

isn't he the sport, ho -ho,

isn't he the sport?
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F#
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But when a poor man loses on a horse,
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he's a gambler, he's a spender,
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he's a lowlife,
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Em
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Abdim
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he's a raisin for divorce.
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F#m
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Abm
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When a rich man chases after dames,
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he's a man about town,
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Abdim
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oh yes, a man about town.
Db
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F#m
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Bm
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But when a poor man chases after dames,
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Em
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he's a bounder, he's a rounder,
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he's a rotter,
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and a lot of dirty names.
Interlude 1
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Ebdim
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Dm
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Verse 2
C
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the idle poor become

the idle rich

You'll never know just who is who
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or who is which
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No one will see the Irish
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or the Slav in you
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F
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For when you're on Park Avenue,
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Cornelius and Mike Look -a
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Dm
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-like.

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When poor Tweedledum is
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rich Tweedledee,
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This discrimination will no longer be.
Dm
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When we're in the dough
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and off of the nut,
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B
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You won't know your banker
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G
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from your butler.
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Come on, Finian!
Gm
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Come on, Finian!
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Yay, Finian!
Interlude 2

Yeah, Fedian
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Edim
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Gm
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Edim
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Verse 3
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Let's make the switch

With just a few annuities
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We'll hide those incongruities
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In cloaks from Abercrombie Fitch
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When the

idle poor
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become the idle rich!
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • C

  • D

  • G

  • F

  • Em

  • A

  • E

  • Dbdim

    4

  • Dm

  • Am

  • F#

    2

  • F#m

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • Abdim

    6

  • Db

    4

  • Abm

    4

  • Ebdim

  • B

    2

  • Gm

    3

  • Edim

  • Bb

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich by Fred Astaire, Petula Clark is C major.

The primary chords used in When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich are C, D, G, F, Em, A.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like C, D, G, F, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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