 From Hep City Swing (1997) |
BIG CAT DADDY BLUE
Tempo: Medium Swing
Intro:
F7/F#7/G7 A#7/A7 D7/G7 A#7/A7 D7
1st Verse:
G7 A#7 A7
pearls and wine
D7
pretty things
G7
you can have everything
A#7 A7
if you'd be my queen
D7 A#7 A7
I've got a yacht as big as the taj mahal
D7 G7(break)
oh, you can have the world
if you can win my want
2nd Verse:
G7 A#7
pearls and diamonds
A7 D7
a house on the hill
G7 A#7
I use the change in my ashtray
A7
just to pay my bills
G7 A#7 A7 D7
fifth avenue is the driveway to my home
G7(break)
you can have the world if you win my want
Chorus:
Em7 A7
but without you I'm afraid I would fall apart
D7
cities would crumble
G7
skies would go dark
Em7 A7
stock brokers jumping out of ten story windows
D7 G7
no one wants to see so many good wives widowed
3rd Verse:
F7/F#7/G7
(G7)
down at the Savoy
A#7 A7 D7
I'm the one to swing them out
G7 A#7
down at the Yea Man
A7 D7
I'm the heppest cat in town
G7 A#7
all the bad girls of the Cotton Club
A7 D7
are all jealous of you
G7(break)
they all want to swing it
big cat daddy blue
Bridge:
C5
if you want it
G5
you better strut it out
C5
and if you got it
D7
you better put out
D#7/D7/F7/G5 F7/F#7/G7
Repeat 1st Verse
Repeat Chorus (x2)