Chords for Howard Keel in a Royal Gala Performance

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_ [B] Now the scene changes once again.
The lights are on all over the world and our birthday [G] tribute now presents music from three
unforgettable productions of [Db] the post-war years.
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_ In [B] 1947
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Broadway [Gb] came back to the West End.
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[Ab] Roger Hammerstein's Oklahoma
[Dbm] _ opened at the Theatre Royal Drury [Gbm] Lane
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_ [A] _ [Gbm] creating [Abm] a
new [E]
exciting [Bb] type of musical theater.
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[Abm] And I was privileged to be _ a part [Db] of that production.
_ [A] I know what you're thinking.
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He's just not old enough.
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[B] But since then
_ [A] many wonderful hits
_ [B] from Broadway have come over here [A] and become hits on the London stage.
[B] _ And I'd like to sing a couple of [A] songs
from a couple of those [Bm] shows. _ _
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[Bb] _ _ [Eb] I _ _ [F] went into [Ab] the fight like [Db] a lion, [Cm] but I came [G] out like a [Eb] lamb.
My [F] defenses are [Ab] down.
[Bb] She's got me [Ab] where she wants me [Fm] and I can't [Bb] escape, no [Eb] how.
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_ _ _ [Ab] The girl to marry [Bbm] will have [Eb] to be
_ as soft and as [Bbm] pink as [Ab] a _ nursery.
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We'll wear satin [Bbm] and [Ab] laces and smell [Eb] of cologne. _ _
Her nails will [Fm] be polished [Bbm] and in [Ab] her [Eb] hair.
She'll wear a gardenia [Ab] and I'll be there, still uplifted.
_ _ I'll [Db] be sitting
_ _ [Db] next to her and she'll purr _ [Ab] like a kitten. _
[Eb] _ _ _ A [Ab] doll I can _ [A] carry, [Bb] the girl [Eb] that I _ marry _ _ [Ab] must be. _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ [A] Chicks and ducks [Gbm] and geese,
[Gb] bears, garry, [A] when I take you out in the [Gb] surrey, [A] when [Dbm] I take [Gbm] you out [A] in the surrey with a friend.
[E] Pong Pops.
_ [A] Two bright side [Gbm] lights winking [A] and blinking,
_ ain't [Dbm] no finer [Gbm]
rig [E] I'm a thinking.
[A] You [Dbm] can keep [Gbm] your rig [E] if you're thinking.
And [D] a gear [Gb] to [Bm]
swap [G] for [Dbm] that shiny [Cm] little surrey [Bm] with a _ fringe [Em] on.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Not for a wedding ring,
we can not a thing.
[C] And a wedding [F] ring can just [D] as be [G] when the wind [D] comes right behind the _ [A]
rain.
_ Oh, [D] _ _ [B] oh my [G] heaven. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Sit alone and talk [F] and watch [D] your heart [C] making lazy [G] circles [C] in the sky. _
[F] We know we belong [C] to the land, _
_ [D] we belong to [G] this ground. _
[C] Let me [Am] say, _ oh, [D] _
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let me [C] say I'm yours, [E] you're mine.
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_ [G] _ _ _ [C] OK. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] We know we belong to [A] the land, _ _ _ [D] _
we belong to [G] this ground.
Let me [Em] say, _ oh, I'm _ [D] _
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_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] yours, you're mine. _ _ _
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The telly of the 1947 production [C] of Oklahoma [E] and star of many [Gb] musical shows and [D] films,
[G] Howard Keel, a great favourite [C] in this country for his concert tours,
as well as his television appearances [G] as [C] Kate on Fire. _ _
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