Chords for Danny Kaye 'Tubby The Tuba' 1947 78 rpm

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Once upon a [D] time there was an orchestra which was all busy tuning up.
[G] First the oboe gave his aid to the strings,
[E] then to the [A] woodwinds, and to the brass.
_ [Bb] _ Up and around the [E] scales they raced, felter, [A] skelter, faster and faster.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
All but Cubby the tuba. _ _
[G] He was a fat little tuba puffing [Dm] away, but oh [Em] so [A] slow. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ Oh what [Bb] lovely music, thought Tubby, and he _ [G] sighed.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] Here, what's the matter, said people of the piccolo.
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Oh, said Tubby, every [F] time we do a new [D] piece you all get [C] such pretty [Dm] melodies to play,
and [B] I never, never [C] a pretty melody.
_ [Gm] But people never write pretty melodies for tubas, it just isn't done. _
_ Shh, there's the conductor.
_ [G] First the violins danced their lovely little tune on their strings,
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then they cried to the flute, [A] catch! _ _ _
Got it, cried the flute.
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_ _ _ _ My turn, [C] tooted the trumpet, _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
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[Am] and the rest joined in. _ _ _
The cello, _ _ _ _
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[B] then the oboe, [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] and the [F] bassoon.
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_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F]
[E] While Tubby went,
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catch [E] me, cried the little tune, catch [B] me!
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I [Bb] got you, cried Tubby.
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Oh, you're sitting on me, said the little tune.
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_ Poor Tubby picked up the flat little tune and [Gb] tried to squeeze it back into shape.
_ You clumsy fool, snapped the violins.
_ _ [A] I'm sorry, Mr.
Fiddle, said Tubby.
[B] _ _ Fiddle?
Fiddle indeed, and the violins [G] quivered with great indignation.
_ _ [B] _ _ You will please address us as violins.
_ [Em] Fiddles indeed, _ _ [Ab] Tubby said the conductor.
Tubby, what is the matter?
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[G] Please, sir, [F] I thought it would be so [E] nice to dance with a pretty little tune
instead [Am] of just going oompa-oompa all the time.
[Bb] _ Dance, laughed the violins.
_ [Em] Dance?
Well, really.
_ _ The French horn quietly put his hand to his mouth and smiled,
and the whole orchestra began to [Gm] laugh.
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_ Stop it, cried the conductor.
Stop it, I [Ab] say! Tubby.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ Please, sir, I wasn't [G] laughing. _ _ _
_ _ Rehearsal was over. _ _
_ Tubby was [Am] walking home with Peepo [Gb] and Piccolo.
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_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] Please, Peepo, [Am] said Tubby.
[Gm] I just feel [Am] so bad.
I don't think [Bb] I want any [Am] company.
_ [Bb] I understand, said [Am] Peepo.
Good night.
_ [Bm] Good night, said [A] Tubby.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ The moon was out, and Tubby went to the river [E] and sat on a log,
and he looked at himself in the [B] water. _ _ _ _
How [Am] _ alone am _ I, [Bm] _ me [D] and [Em] I _ _ together. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] If I [D] went away [Em] from thee, _ how [Am] unhappy _ [Bm] _ I would [Am] be.
_ _ _ _ Me [Gb] and _ _ [Cm] I, _ _ [Em] oh my.
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The trees whispered in [Em] the wind, and the [G]
waterfalls tinkled.
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_ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [E] Suddenly a big bullfrog hopped out of the water and sat down on a log [B] beside him. _
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Lovely evening.
_ _ _ _ [D]
I said, lovely [G] evening.
Oink, oink, oink, oink.
I said, [G] beautiful evening.
Hello, oink, hello, [Gm] oink.
Hello.
_ [B] _ _ But Tubby just sat. _
[Am] _ Oh, well, said the frog.
Oh, well, if I'm not [Bb] wanted.
_ [G] _ _ [Bb] Oh, cried Tubby.
Please, Mr.
Frog, come back.
I didn't mean to be impolite.
Back hopped the [G] frog.
_ _ Oh, that's all right.
I'm used to it.
No one pays any attention to [Em] me either.
_ [G] Really, said Tubby.
Why, of course.
Every night I sit here and sing my [Em] heart out.
But [G] does anyone [Am] listen?
_ No.
_ Can you sing, asked Tubby?
[Em] Can I sing?
Listen. _
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Oink, [D] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ oink.
[B] _ _ [Gb] _
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_ [Bb] Oh, that's lovely, said Tubby.
You try it, said the frog.
Oh, thank you, said [C] Tubby.
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ Oink, _ [Gm]
oink.
Say, _ [C] you're a very fine [Bb] tuba, do you know it?
Tubby, you should try that on your orchestra [Fm] sometime.
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] Oh, I will, said Tubby.
Goodbye, Mr.
Frog.
[C] _ And off went Tubby, as happy [B] as happy could be.
Hmm, said the frog.
Most appreciative audience I've ever had.
Fine musician, that tuba.
_ [G] Oink, oink, [D] oink, oink. [Bb] Good night.
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] The next day, the orchestra was busy tuning up for the rehearsal
and buzzing with excitement [C] over the arrival of the great new conductor,
Signor Pizzicato.
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[B] Here he comes, called the French horn.
Here comes Signor Pizzicato.
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_ _ _ [Cm] All [B] right, gentlemen, let us begin.
And Tubby began to play _ _ _ his own little melody.
[Bm] _ _ [Gb] _
[Bb] Oh, that wretched tuba snapped the violins.
He'll disgrace [Em] us.
_ [Bb] The trombone stuck out his tongue. _
And the trumpet snickered. _ _ _ _
Tubby, said Signor Pizzicato.
Tubby, I've never heard a tuba play a melody before.
Would you play the rest of it?
[C] _ _ _ Oh, said [Gb] Tubby.
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Why, how perfectly wonderful, [Bbm] said the strings.
Please, Tubby, [G] may we sing your tune, too?
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_ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] How about [Gb] me, said the xylophone?
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] And me, said the [F] trombone?
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[Gb] May I, said the celeste?
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_ [C] Here I come, [F] said people.
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_ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ And they [G] all played.
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] Well, we've done it, haven't we, Tubby?
It was the bullfrog sitting right beside him.
[Am] _ _ _ Oh, thought Tubby.
How happy I am.
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