Chords for "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (Rudy Vallee, 1931)
Tempo:
124.95 bpm
Chords used:
C#
E
B
F#
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [G#m] [E] [C#]
[F#] [B]
[E] [G#m] [E]
[B]
[F#m] [B] [E] [Bm] [C#]
[F#m] [B] [A#] [B]
[E] [G#m] [E]
[G#] [C#] [F#m] [C#] [F#m]
[C#] [G#m] [C#]
[F#m] [B] [A#] [C] [B]
[E] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] [E] [A#] [A] [C#]
[E] People are queer, [Bm] they're [C#] always flowing, [F#m] [F#] scrambling and rushing [B] about.
[F#m]
[E] Why don't they stop [B] someday, address themselves [E] this way?
Why are we here?
[Bm] Where [C#] are we going?
[F#m] It's time that [F#] we [C#] found out.
[E]
[B] We're not here [F#] to stay, we're on a short [C#] [F#] holiday.
[B]
[E] Life is just a bowl of cherries, don't [B] take it serious, it's too mysterious.
You work, you save, [E] you [C#] worry so, [F#] but you can't [D#] take your doll [C#m] when you go, [B] go, go.
[E] So keep repeating it's the berry.
[Bm] [C#] Stronger thoughts [F#m] must [G#m] [F#m] fall.
[G] The sweet [A#] things in life [G#m] to you were [C#] just long, [B] so how can you lose [C#m] what [C] you've [B] never wrung?
[E] Life is just [C#] a bowl of cherries,
[F#] [B] live and laugh [E] at it [C#] all.
[F#] [A#m] [F#]
[E] [G#m] [C#]
[G#m] [C#] [F#] [C#m] [D#]
[B] [F] [F#] [C#]
[F#] [A#m] [F#]
[A#] [D#] [G#m]
[A] [D#] [A#m] [D#] [G#m]
[C#] [G#] [C#] [F#]
An [A#m] imitation of Willie Howard [D#] singing his [G#] chorus in the show.
[B] [C#] [F#] [D] [B] [E]
Life is just a bowl of cherries, [B] don't take it serious, it's too mysterious.
[F#m] At eight [B] each [E] morning I have got [C#] a date [F#] to take [D#] my plunge [E] around the Empire State.
You'll admit it's not the berries.
[Bm] In a [C#] building that's so [F#m] tall, [C#] there's a guy [A#] in this show.
[C#m] The girls love to [F#] fool, guess [B]
thousands have beaten [E] just for crooning like this.
Life is just [C#] a bowl of nuts, [A#] so live [B] and laugh [C#m] at it [E] all.
[F#] [B]
[E] [G#m] [E]
[B]
[F#m] [B] [E] [Bm] [C#]
[F#m] [B] [A#] [B]
[E] [G#m] [E]
[G#] [C#] [F#m] [C#] [F#m]
[C#] [G#m] [C#]
[F#m] [B] [A#] [C] [B]
[E] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] [E] [A#] [A] [C#]
[E] People are queer, [Bm] they're [C#] always flowing, [F#m] [F#] scrambling and rushing [B] about.
[F#m]
[E] Why don't they stop [B] someday, address themselves [E] this way?
Why are we here?
[Bm] Where [C#] are we going?
[F#m] It's time that [F#] we [C#] found out.
[E]
[B] We're not here [F#] to stay, we're on a short [C#] [F#] holiday.
[B]
[E] Life is just a bowl of cherries, don't [B] take it serious, it's too mysterious.
You work, you save, [E] you [C#] worry so, [F#] but you can't [D#] take your doll [C#m] when you go, [B] go, go.
[E] So keep repeating it's the berry.
[Bm] [C#] Stronger thoughts [F#m] must [G#m] [F#m] fall.
[G] The sweet [A#] things in life [G#m] to you were [C#] just long, [B] so how can you lose [C#m] what [C] you've [B] never wrung?
[E] Life is just [C#] a bowl of cherries,
[F#] [B] live and laugh [E] at it [C#] all.
[F#] [A#m] [F#]
[E] [G#m] [C#]
[G#m] [C#] [F#] [C#m] [D#]
[B] [F] [F#] [C#]
[F#] [A#m] [F#]
[A#] [D#] [G#m]
[A] [D#] [A#m] [D#] [G#m]
[C#] [G#] [C#] [F#]
An [A#m] imitation of Willie Howard [D#] singing his [G#] chorus in the show.
[B] [C#] [F#] [D] [B] [E]
Life is just a bowl of cherries, [B] don't take it serious, it's too mysterious.
[F#m] At eight [B] each [E] morning I have got [C#] a date [F#] to take [D#] my plunge [E] around the Empire State.
You'll admit it's not the berries.
[Bm] In a [C#] building that's so [F#m] tall, [C#] there's a guy [A#] in this show.
[C#m] The girls love to [F#] fool, guess [B]
thousands have beaten [E] just for crooning like this.
Life is just [C#] a bowl of nuts, [A#] so live [B] and laugh [C#m] at it [E] all.
Key:
C#
E
B
F#
F#m
C#
E
B
[E] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [G#m] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ [C#] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [A#] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ [C#] _ [F#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [A#] _ [C] _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A#] _ [A] _ [C#] _
[E] People are queer, [Bm] they're [C#] always flowing, [F#m] _ [F#] scrambling and rushing [B] about.
[F#m] _ _
[E] Why don't they stop [B] someday, _ _ address themselves [E] this way? _ _
Why are we here?
[Bm] Where [C#] are we going?
[F#m] It's time that [F#] we [C#] found out.
[E] _
[B] We're not here [F#] to stay, we're on a short [C#] _ [F#] holiday.
_ [B] _ _
[E] Life is just a bowl of cherries, don't [B] take it serious, it's too mysterious.
You work, you save, [E] you [C#] worry so, [F#] but you can't [D#] take your doll [C#m] when you go, [B] go, go.
[E] So keep repeating it's the berry. _ _
[Bm] _ [C#] Stronger thoughts [F#m] must [G#m] _ [F#m] fall.
[G] The sweet [A#] things in life [G#m] to you were [C#] just long, [B] so how can you lose [C#m] what [C] you've [B] never wrung?
[E] _ Life is just [C#] a bowl of cherries, _
[F#] _ [B] live and laugh [E] at it [C#] all. _
[F#] _ _ [A#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] _ [D#] _ _
[B] _ _ [F] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [A#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [D#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [D#] _ _ [A#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ [G#m] _
_ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#]
An [A#m] imitation of Willie Howard [D#] singing his [G#] chorus in the show.
[B] _ [C#] _ [F#] _ [D] _ _ [B] _ [E] _
Life is just a bowl of cherries, [B] don't take it serious, it's too mysterious.
_ _ [F#m] At eight [B] each [E] morning I have got [C#] a date [F#] to take [D#] my plunge [E] around the Empire State. _
You'll admit it's not the berries.
[Bm] In a [C#] building that's so [F#m] tall, [C#] there's a guy [A#] in this show.
[C#m] The girls love to [F#] fool, guess [B]
thousands have beaten [E] just for crooning like this. _
Life is just [C#] a bowl of nuts, [A#] so live [B] and laugh [C#m] at it [E] all. _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [G#m] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ [C#] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [A#] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ [C#] _ [F#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [A#] _ [C] _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A#] _ [A] _ [C#] _
[E] People are queer, [Bm] they're [C#] always flowing, [F#m] _ [F#] scrambling and rushing [B] about.
[F#m] _ _
[E] Why don't they stop [B] someday, _ _ address themselves [E] this way? _ _
Why are we here?
[Bm] Where [C#] are we going?
[F#m] It's time that [F#] we [C#] found out.
[E] _
[B] We're not here [F#] to stay, we're on a short [C#] _ [F#] holiday.
_ [B] _ _
[E] Life is just a bowl of cherries, don't [B] take it serious, it's too mysterious.
You work, you save, [E] you [C#] worry so, [F#] but you can't [D#] take your doll [C#m] when you go, [B] go, go.
[E] So keep repeating it's the berry. _ _
[Bm] _ [C#] Stronger thoughts [F#m] must [G#m] _ [F#m] fall.
[G] The sweet [A#] things in life [G#m] to you were [C#] just long, [B] so how can you lose [C#m] what [C] you've [B] never wrung?
[E] _ Life is just [C#] a bowl of cherries, _
[F#] _ [B] live and laugh [E] at it [C#] all. _
[F#] _ _ [A#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
[G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] _ [D#] _ _
[B] _ _ [F] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [A#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [D#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [D#] _ _ [A#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ [G#m] _
_ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#]
An [A#m] imitation of Willie Howard [D#] singing his [G#] chorus in the show.
[B] _ [C#] _ [F#] _ [D] _ _ [B] _ [E] _
Life is just a bowl of cherries, [B] don't take it serious, it's too mysterious.
_ _ [F#m] At eight [B] each [E] morning I have got [C#] a date [F#] to take [D#] my plunge [E] around the Empire State. _
You'll admit it's not the berries.
[Bm] In a [C#] building that's so [F#m] tall, [C#] there's a guy [A#] in this show.
[C#m] The girls love to [F#] fool, guess [B]
thousands have beaten [E] just for crooning like this. _
Life is just [C#] a bowl of nuts, [A#] so live [B] and laugh [C#m] at it [E] all. _ _ _ _