Key: D major•
Verse 1
A
D
They should erect a statue to the guy
F#
Bm
Who first thought of hitting
A
G
It's sure got a laugh,
B
E
And nothing sounds quite as glorious
D
A
as a life that's real uproarious.
A
G
no cardbone mode,
B
A
G
If the hero's flustered,
Em
A
G
A
you got ta give the people hope.
Abdim
G
Had a tiny pratfall,
Bm
D
F#m
A
you gotta give the people hope.
D
G
Am
Now the critics may say it's trash,
D
G
Bb
but trash or not it's a smash,
C
F
Bb
and the crowds are standing in line,
Eb
Cm
A
cause Winchell thinks it's just fine.
C
B
A
E
Abdim
G
They don't want Pagliac ci,
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Ebdim
give them Liberace,
Ebdim
B
G
You've gotta give the people,
D
A
G
the ticket -buying people,
D
G
D
Hocum, Hocum,
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D
you've gotta give them Hocum.
G
A
We doubt if you get a laugh,
D
G
Gm
by quoting all the false staff
C
F
But you get the loudest guffaws,
G
Eb
Bb
Eb
Cm
D
A
by rapping all your in -laws
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E
G
Keep it good and corny,
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D
B
A
Maine or California
D
A
G
You gotta give the people
A
F#m
A
the ticket -buy ing people
G
A
D
Em
You gotta give the people hope
B
Em
G
A
G
A
Bb
A
Bb
D
G
You can think what you wish
A
D
A
But you'll probably laugh till you choke
B
G
You gotta give the people
You gotta give the people
D
B
G
B
A
G
the ticket -buying people!
A
G
D
A
D
Em
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D
you
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA D F# Bm G...
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