My Very Good Friend The Milkman Chords by Fats Waller
Tempo:
110.3 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
C
F
D
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Gm] [Am]
[F] My very good friend the milkman says [Gm] that I've been [Bb] losing [Gm] too much [C] sleep
[Gm] He doesn't like the hours I [C] keep
He suggests that you should [Dm] marry me
[Gm] [C]
[Am] The [F] mailman says that [Gm] it would make him
less [C] burdenless if we both [Gm] had the same [C] address
[D] And he [Gm] suggests that you should [F] marry me
[Gm] And [G] [Ab] there's a very friendly fellow who prints
all the latest real [Db] estate news
[Ab]
And every day he [Ebm] sends me blueprints
[Bbm]
of [Db] cottages with [C] country views
My [F]
very [Am] good [F] friends and neighbors say
[Gm]
[Bb] They've been watching [Gm] little things [C] I do
[Gm]
And they believe [Gm] that I [C] love you
[D] So I [Gm] suggest [D] that you [C] should marry [F]
me
[D] [E] [C] [F]
[Am] [Dm] [F] [Gm]
[C]
[D]
[Gm] [C] [F]
[Fm] [Gm] [C]
[F] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] [Eb]
[Am] [Gm] [C] [D]
[Gm] [Bb] [C] [F]
[Gm] [F] [Gbm] [Ab]
[Db]
[Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Ab] [Db]
[G] [C] [F]
[Dm] [Gm]
[D] [Dm] [E]
[G] [C] [D]
[Gm] [G] [F]
[D] [Gm] Oh [C] [Ab]
yeah!
[Db] I'm in the real estate [Ab] news baby
How [Ebm] you like my new [Ab] dress?
Well [G] that's how I'm [C] there
My [F] very good friends and neighbors
[Gm] say
They've been watching little things [C] I do
And they believe that I love you too
[D] So [Gm] I suggest [G] that you [C]
should [F] marry me
Let the band play Headlums and Brides
Ha ha!
And a song baby!
[F] My very good friend the milkman says [Gm] that I've been [Bb] losing [Gm] too much [C] sleep
[Gm] He doesn't like the hours I [C] keep
He suggests that you should [Dm] marry me
[Gm] [C]
[Am] The [F] mailman says that [Gm] it would make him
less [C] burdenless if we both [Gm] had the same [C] address
[D] And he [Gm] suggests that you should [F] marry me
[Gm] And [G] [Ab] there's a very friendly fellow who prints
all the latest real [Db] estate news
[Ab]
And every day he [Ebm] sends me blueprints
[Bbm]
of [Db] cottages with [C] country views
My [F]
very [Am] good [F] friends and neighbors say
[Gm]
[Bb] They've been watching [Gm] little things [C] I do
[Gm]
And they believe [Gm] that I [C] love you
[D] So I [Gm] suggest [D] that you [C] should marry [F]
me
[D] [E] [C] [F]
[Am] [Dm] [F] [Gm]
[C]
[D]
[Gm] [C] [F]
[Fm] [Gm] [C]
[F] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] [Eb]
[Am] [Gm] [C] [D]
[Gm] [Bb] [C] [F]
[Gm] [F] [Gbm] [Ab]
[Db]
[Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[Ebm] [Ab] [Db]
[G] [C] [F]
[Dm] [Gm]
[D] [Dm] [E]
[G] [C] [D]
[Gm] [G] [F]
[D] [Gm] Oh [C] [Ab]
yeah!
[Db] I'm in the real estate [Ab] news baby
How [Ebm] you like my new [Ab] dress?
Well [G] that's how I'm [C] there
My [F] very good friends and neighbors
[Gm] say
They've been watching little things [C] I do
And they believe that I love you too
[D] So [Gm] I suggest [G] that you [C]
should [F] marry me
Let the band play Headlums and Brides
Ha ha!
And a song baby!
Key:
Gm
C
F
D
Ab
Gm
C
F
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Am]
[F] My very good friend the milkman says [Gm] that I've been [Bb] losing [Gm] too much [C] sleep
[Gm] He doesn't like the hours I [C] keep
He suggests that you should [Dm] marry me
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ The [F] mailman says that [Gm] it would make him
less [C] burdenless if we both [Gm] had the same [C] address
[D] And he [Gm] suggests that you should [F] marry me
[Gm] And _ [G] _ _ [Ab] there's a very friendly fellow who prints
all the latest real [Db] estate news
_ _ [Ab]
And every day he [Ebm] sends me blueprints
_ [Bbm]
of [Db] cottages with [C] country views
My [F]
very [Am] good [F] friends and neighbors say
[Gm] _
[Bb] They've been watching [Gm] little things [C] I do
_ [Gm]
And they believe [Gm] that I [C] love you
[D] So I [Gm] suggest [D] that you [C] should marry [F]
me
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
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[Am] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [Ab] _
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_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [D] _ _ [Gm] Oh [C] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ yeah!
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ I'm in the real estate [Ab] news baby
How _ [Ebm] you like my new [Ab] dress?
Well _ [G] _ _ _ that's how I'm [C] there
My [F] very good _ friends and neighbors _
_ [Gm] say
They've been watching little things [C] I do
And they believe that I love you too
[D] So [Gm] I suggest [G] that you [C]
should [F] marry me
Let the band play Headlums and Brides
Ha ha!
And a song baby! _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] My very good friend the milkman says [Gm] that I've been [Bb] losing [Gm] too much [C] sleep
[Gm] He doesn't like the hours I [C] keep
He suggests that you should [Dm] marry me
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ The [F] mailman says that [Gm] it would make him
less [C] burdenless if we both [Gm] had the same [C] address
[D] And he [Gm] suggests that you should [F] marry me
[Gm] And _ [G] _ _ [Ab] there's a very friendly fellow who prints
all the latest real [Db] estate news
_ _ [Ab]
And every day he [Ebm] sends me blueprints
_ [Bbm]
of [Db] cottages with [C] country views
My [F]
very [Am] good [F] friends and neighbors say
[Gm] _
[Bb] They've been watching [Gm] little things [C] I do
_ [Gm]
And they believe [Gm] that I [C] love you
[D] So I [Gm] suggest [D] that you [C] should marry [F]
me
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
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_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [D] _ _ [Gm] Oh [C] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ yeah!
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ I'm in the real estate [Ab] news baby
How _ [Ebm] you like my new [Ab] dress?
Well _ [G] _ _ _ that's how I'm [C] there
My [F] very good _ friends and neighbors _
_ [Gm] say
They've been watching little things [C] I do
And they believe that I love you too
[D] So [Gm] I suggest [G] that you [C]
should [F] marry me
Let the band play Headlums and Brides
Ha ha!
And a song baby! _ _ _ _ _ _