Chords for Father of Girls Jimmy Durante

_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [B] What's that for?
Jimmy, we just introduced [F#] you.
I didn't hear nothing.
What did you say this week?
We said you were extremely handsome,
brilliantly witty, and devastatingly charming.
Devastatingly charming?
[A] I'll buy that.
Come on, I gotta rehearse my number.
You know, I gotta catch a plane.
Oh, you're not gonna be late.
Not if I get there before it leaves.
Maybe the [F#] introduction happened.
_ [F#m] You know, folks,
[D] _ _ [D#] if any of you men out [F#m] there have [D] a daughter,
[F#m] this song will mean something special to you. _ _ _ _
When you're the father of boys,
[B] _ how [C#] you worry.
[B] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [F#m] But when you're the father of [F#m] girls,
[B] you do more [C#] than that, [F#m] you pray.
_ _ [Bm] _
From the [Bm] time of [E] diaper and pinch
_ [A] to the [C#m] time [F#m] they cry, [A] don't come in
[G#] _ to the time you gown them in white
_ _ [C#] _
[D] and give them away.
[C#] _ _ _ _
[Bm] You worry.
_ _ You [F#m] worry.
_ _ _ [G#] You worry [C#] _
[F#m] night and day
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#m] when she's a plain little girl,
how [B] you _ [C#] worry.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] But when she's [F#m] a beautiful thing,
_ [B] you do more [C#] than that, you [F#m] pray.
_ _ _ [Bm] Boys [Bm] come round when [E] they wanna date.
_ _ [A]
Girls may only _ [F#m] stay home [A] and wait.
[F#m] _ [G#] _ When she's out, _ you sit up all night
[C#] with [D] her first [C#] baby toy.
_ _ You [Bm] trust her, _ _ _ [F#m] but worry _
[G#] cause _ [C#] you were once a [F#m] boy. _
[D] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[F#m] _ When _ you're the father of boys,
[B] _ [C#] how you worry.
[B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[D] When you're the [F#m] father [A] of girls,
[B] you do more than [C#] that, you [F#m] pray.
_ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _