Chords for Lawrence Tibbett - 1935 On the Road to Mandalay
Tempo:
84 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Dm
D
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Maybe I can get something to do on the radio.
Huh?
Who knows?
In time I might even become a radio singer.
Ahem.
He calls me Sugar [D] Plum.
Sugar Plum sounds kinda dumb, but nothing sounds dumb when it comes from [G] a man.
What's the matter here, Pop?
I can see you're not very fond of Sugar Plums.
It's not Sugar Plum, [C] it's a sauerkraut.
[G] Listen, [Dm] Tommy.
Music [Eb] is like a woman.
[D] It can be a little woman, it [C] can be a big woman,
[A]
but it must [G] be [C] beautiful.
[D]
[C] Your [Gb] [D]
[Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G]
[C]
[B] [Dm] [G] [C]
[Cm]
[D] [Cm] petticoat was yellow [Bb] [G]
[Cm]
[G] [C]
[Bb] [C] in pumpkin
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab] pieces.
[Fm] [G] I saw it on [Am] Eden's [Dm]
pool.
[G] [C] Blim!
[Em]
[D] What they call [G] a [C] kilojigel.
When [Gb] I kissed [G] the West [F] Sea's pool [G] on the [C]
[Dm] [G] [C]
outskirts [Dm]
[G] [C]
[Cm]
of the East Coast,
where the best is like the worst,
and there [G] ain't no ten commandments [F]
that a man [Cm] can run.
[C]
[G] [Bb] For the devil built [C] a garden, and it's held [Bb]
[Eb] by the earth,
[Ab]
[Fm] [G]
and lookin' like [Am] a [G]
sheep.
[C] Come [Em]
[G] back, Amanda, where the old blunts [C] you hear the paddles from [D] run
[Dm] [G]
across [C] [Dm]
[G] [C] [B]
[Dm] [G]
[C] the river.
[D]
Huh?
Who knows?
In time I might even become a radio singer.
Ahem.
He calls me Sugar [D] Plum.
Sugar Plum sounds kinda dumb, but nothing sounds dumb when it comes from [G] a man.
What's the matter here, Pop?
I can see you're not very fond of Sugar Plums.
It's not Sugar Plum, [C] it's a sauerkraut.
[G] Listen, [Dm] Tommy.
Music [Eb] is like a woman.
[D] It can be a little woman, it [C] can be a big woman,
[A]
but it must [G] be [C] beautiful.
[D]
[C] Your [Gb] [D]
[Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G]
[C]
[B] [Dm] [G] [C]
[Cm]
[D] [Cm] petticoat was yellow [Bb] [G]
[Cm]
[G] [C]
[Bb] [C] in pumpkin
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab] pieces.
[Fm] [G] I saw it on [Am] Eden's [Dm]
pool.
[G] [C] Blim!
[Em]
[D] What they call [G] a [C] kilojigel.
When [Gb] I kissed [G] the West [F] Sea's pool [G] on the [C]
[Dm] [G] [C]
outskirts [Dm]
[G] [C]
[Cm]
of the East Coast,
where the best is like the worst,
and there [G] ain't no ten commandments [F]
that a man [Cm] can run.
[C]
[G] [Bb] For the devil built [C] a garden, and it's held [Bb]
[Eb] by the earth,
[Ab]
[Fm] [G]
and lookin' like [Am] a [G]
sheep.
[C] Come [Em]
[G] back, Amanda, where the old blunts [C] you hear the paddles from [D] run
[Dm] [G]
across [C] [Dm]
[G] [C] [B]
[Dm] [G]
[C] the river.
[D]
Key:
G
C
Dm
D
Cm
G
C
Dm
Maybe I can get something to do on the radio.
Huh? _ _
Who knows?
In time I might even become a radio singer.
Ahem.
_ He calls me Sugar [D] Plum.
Sugar Plum sounds kinda dumb, but nothing sounds dumb when it comes from [G] a man.
_ _ _ What's the matter here, Pop?
I can see you're not very fond of Sugar Plums.
It's not Sugar Plum, [C] it's a sauerkraut.
_ [G] Listen, [Dm] Tommy.
Music [Eb] is like a woman.
[D] It can be a little woman, it [C] can be a big woman,
[A]
but it must [G] be _ [C] beautiful.
[D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ Your [Gb] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Cm] petticoat was yellow [Bb] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] in pumpkin _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] pieces.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [G] I saw it _ on _ [Am] Eden's _ _ [Dm]
pool.
_ [G] _ _ [C] Blim!
_ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ What they call _ _ [G] a [C] _ kilojigel. _
When [Gb] I kissed [G] the West [F] Sea's pool [G] _ _ on the [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ outskirts [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
of the East Coast,
_ where the best is like the worst,
and there [G] ain't no ten commandments [F]
that a man [Cm] can run.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] [Bb] For the devil built [C] a garden, and it's held _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] by the earth,
_ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ and lookin' _ _ _ like [Am] a _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ sheep.
_ _ [C] Come _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] back, Amanda, _ where the old blunts _ _ _ [C] you hear the paddles _ _ from [D] run _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
across [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] the river.
[D] _
Huh? _ _
Who knows?
In time I might even become a radio singer.
Ahem.
_ He calls me Sugar [D] Plum.
Sugar Plum sounds kinda dumb, but nothing sounds dumb when it comes from [G] a man.
_ _ _ What's the matter here, Pop?
I can see you're not very fond of Sugar Plums.
It's not Sugar Plum, [C] it's a sauerkraut.
_ [G] Listen, [Dm] Tommy.
Music [Eb] is like a woman.
[D] It can be a little woman, it [C] can be a big woman,
[A]
but it must [G] be _ [C] beautiful.
[D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ Your [Gb] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Cm] petticoat was yellow [Bb] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] in pumpkin _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] pieces.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [G] I saw it _ on _ [Am] Eden's _ _ [Dm]
pool.
_ [G] _ _ [C] Blim!
_ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ What they call _ _ [G] a [C] _ kilojigel. _
When [Gb] I kissed [G] the West [F] Sea's pool [G] _ _ on the [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ outskirts [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
of the East Coast,
_ where the best is like the worst,
and there [G] ain't no ten commandments [F]
that a man [Cm] can run.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] [Bb] For the devil built [C] a garden, and it's held _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] by the earth,
_ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ and lookin' _ _ _ like [Am] a _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ sheep.
_ _ [C] Come _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] back, Amanda, _ where the old blunts _ _ _ [C] you hear the paddles _ _ from [D] run _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
across [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] the river.
[D] _