Chords for Sophie Tucker - I Don't Want To Get Thin
Tempo:
58.3 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Gb
Eb
Db
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab] [Gb]
[Ab] [Db] Almost [Eb] every day I hear some kind [Db] friend say,
Sophie dear, I think you're much [F] too stout.
Right away they suggest the diet [Db] they think best.
They make me sick, I wish they'd cut it out.
[Gb] I don't want to get thin.
I don't want to get thin.
Why should I when I'm all right as I am?
[Bb] Those slender-waisted [G] mamas, they make me laugh.
My goodness, [Ebm] men like to see a little foreign ass.
I don't want to reduce.
[Ab] Furthermore, what's the use when the men follow me
around like Mary's lap?
[Eb] The girls who talk of dieting, gee, they get on my [Ab] nerves.
If [Gb] you want to keep your husband straight,
show him a lot of curves.
I don't want to get thin.
You [Ab] can laugh and you can grin,
but I'm [G] doing very well the way I am.
[Gb] Miss Tucker, I think you could do with a pound [Ab] less or two.
Look what's talking.
If he'd close one eye, he'd look like a needle.
Mind your own business, Teddy.
I'm satisfied to be the way I am.
I've got a lot of what I've got and my friends love it.
Mind you, they're no vegetarians.
They like their meat [Gb] and plenty of it.
Well, I think you could spare a pound [Ab] here or there.
Nobody is asking you, young man.
Keep your mind on your music.
I can't when you're around.
Look where I am not.
[Eb] I can't see that far.
All right, I'll buy you some steel glasses.
I'm fat and I know it and I intend to stay fat.
Miss Tucker, you shouldn't say fat.
In the best places, they say one is stout.
In the best places, I'm fat.
As I was saying, folks, I'll eat anything.
Anything?
Anything.
You won't eat ham.
Well, we leave politics and religion out of this.
I've noticed one thing, girls.
You can [Ab] store this in your dome.
[Gb] All the married men who run after me have skinny [Eb] wives at home.
You'll have to be much thinner to attract the young sheiks.
Don't [Gb] worry, I'm doing all right with the Spaniards and the Greeks.
I don't want to lose weight.
The [Ab] boys tell me I'm great and my sweetheart loves me just the way I am.
[Bb] I have no fear that he'll go chasing [G] around with other mamas.
He may [Ab] find one who will fill my shoes but not [Gb] my pajamas.
I don't care what I weigh.
I eat pie every day.
[Bb] I hate pineapples and I don't care for land.
I'll tell [Eb] you very frankly, I weigh [Gb] 163.
But many a sunny boy has tried to climb up on my knee.
I don't want to get thin.
[Ab] You can laugh and you can grin, but I'm doing [Gb] very well the way I am.
[Ab] [Db] Almost [Eb] every day I hear some kind [Db] friend say,
Sophie dear, I think you're much [F] too stout.
Right away they suggest the diet [Db] they think best.
They make me sick, I wish they'd cut it out.
[Gb] I don't want to get thin.
I don't want to get thin.
Why should I when I'm all right as I am?
[Bb] Those slender-waisted [G] mamas, they make me laugh.
My goodness, [Ebm] men like to see a little foreign ass.
I don't want to reduce.
[Ab] Furthermore, what's the use when the men follow me
around like Mary's lap?
[Eb] The girls who talk of dieting, gee, they get on my [Ab] nerves.
If [Gb] you want to keep your husband straight,
show him a lot of curves.
I don't want to get thin.
You [Ab] can laugh and you can grin,
but I'm [G] doing very well the way I am.
[Gb] Miss Tucker, I think you could do with a pound [Ab] less or two.
Look what's talking.
If he'd close one eye, he'd look like a needle.
Mind your own business, Teddy.
I'm satisfied to be the way I am.
I've got a lot of what I've got and my friends love it.
Mind you, they're no vegetarians.
They like their meat [Gb] and plenty of it.
Well, I think you could spare a pound [Ab] here or there.
Nobody is asking you, young man.
Keep your mind on your music.
I can't when you're around.
Look where I am not.
[Eb] I can't see that far.
All right, I'll buy you some steel glasses.
I'm fat and I know it and I intend to stay fat.
Miss Tucker, you shouldn't say fat.
In the best places, they say one is stout.
In the best places, I'm fat.
As I was saying, folks, I'll eat anything.
Anything?
Anything.
You won't eat ham.
Well, we leave politics and religion out of this.
I've noticed one thing, girls.
You can [Ab] store this in your dome.
[Gb] All the married men who run after me have skinny [Eb] wives at home.
You'll have to be much thinner to attract the young sheiks.
Don't [Gb] worry, I'm doing all right with the Spaniards and the Greeks.
I don't want to lose weight.
The [Ab] boys tell me I'm great and my sweetheart loves me just the way I am.
[Bb] I have no fear that he'll go chasing [G] around with other mamas.
He may [Ab] find one who will fill my shoes but not [Gb] my pajamas.
I don't care what I weigh.
I eat pie every day.
[Bb] I hate pineapples and I don't care for land.
I'll tell [Eb] you very frankly, I weigh [Gb] 163.
But many a sunny boy has tried to climb up on my knee.
I don't want to get thin.
[Ab] You can laugh and you can grin, but I'm doing [Gb] very well the way I am.
Key:
Ab
Gb
Eb
Db
Bb
Ab
Gb
Eb
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] Almost [Eb] every day I hear some kind [Db] friend say,
Sophie dear, I think you're much [F] too stout.
Right away they suggest the diet [Db] they think best.
They make me sick, I wish they'd cut it out.
[Gb] I don't want to get thin.
I don't want to get thin.
Why should I when I'm all right as I am?
[Bb] Those slender-waisted [G] mamas, they make me laugh.
My goodness, [Ebm] men like to see a little foreign ass.
I don't want to reduce.
[Ab] Furthermore, what's the use when the men follow me
around like Mary's lap?
[Eb] The girls who talk of dieting, gee, they get on my [Ab] nerves.
If [Gb] you want to keep your husband straight,
show him a lot of curves.
I don't want to get thin.
You [Ab] can laugh and you can grin,
but I'm [G] doing very well the way I am.
[Gb] Miss Tucker, I think you could do with a pound [Ab] less or two.
Look what's talking.
If he'd close one eye, he'd look like a needle.
Mind your own business, Teddy.
I'm satisfied to be the way I am.
I've got a lot of what I've got and my friends love it.
Mind you, they're no vegetarians.
They like their meat [Gb] and plenty of it.
Well, I think you could spare a pound [Ab] here or there.
Nobody is asking you, young man.
Keep your mind on your music.
I can't when you're around.
Look where I am not.
[Eb] I can't see that far.
All right, I'll buy you some steel glasses.
I'm fat and I know it and I intend to stay fat.
Miss Tucker, you shouldn't say fat.
In the best places, they say one is stout.
In the best places, I'm fat.
As I was saying, folks, I'll eat anything.
Anything?
Anything.
You won't eat ham.
Well, we leave politics and religion out of this.
I've noticed one thing, girls.
You can [Ab] store this in your dome.
[Gb] All the married men who run after me have skinny [Eb] wives at home.
You'll have to be much thinner to attract the young sheiks.
Don't [Gb] worry, I'm doing all right with the Spaniards and the Greeks.
I don't want to lose weight.
The [Ab] boys tell me I'm great and my sweetheart loves me just the way I am.
[Bb] I have no fear that he'll go chasing [G] around with other mamas.
He may [Ab] find one who will fill my shoes but not [Gb] my pajamas.
I don't care what I weigh.
I eat pie every day.
[Bb] I hate pineapples and I don't care for land.
I'll tell [Eb] you very frankly, I weigh [Gb] 163.
But many a sunny boy has tried to climb up on my knee.
I don't want to get thin.
[Ab] You can laugh and you can grin, but I'm doing [Gb] very well the way I am.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] Almost [Eb] every day I hear some kind [Db] friend say,
Sophie dear, I think you're much [F] too stout.
Right away they suggest the diet [Db] they think best.
They make me sick, I wish they'd cut it out.
[Gb] I don't want to get thin.
I don't want to get thin.
Why should I when I'm all right as I am?
[Bb] Those slender-waisted [G] mamas, they make me laugh.
My goodness, [Ebm] men like to see a little foreign ass.
I don't want to reduce.
[Ab] Furthermore, what's the use when the men follow me
around like Mary's lap?
[Eb] The girls who talk of dieting, gee, they get on my [Ab] nerves.
If [Gb] you want to keep your husband straight,
show him a lot of curves.
I don't want to get thin.
You [Ab] can laugh and you can grin,
but I'm [G] doing very well the way I am.
[Gb] Miss Tucker, I think you could do with a pound [Ab] less or two.
Look what's talking.
If he'd close one eye, he'd look like a needle.
Mind your own business, Teddy.
I'm satisfied to be the way I am.
I've got a lot of what I've got and my friends love it.
Mind you, they're no vegetarians.
They like their meat [Gb] and plenty of it.
Well, I think you could spare a pound [Ab] here or there.
Nobody is asking you, young man.
Keep your mind on your music.
I can't when you're around.
Look where I am not.
[Eb] I can't see that far.
All right, I'll buy you some steel glasses.
I'm fat and I know it and I intend to stay fat.
Miss Tucker, you shouldn't say fat.
In the best places, they say one is stout.
In the best places, I'm fat.
As I was saying, folks, I'll eat anything.
Anything?
Anything.
You won't eat ham.
Well, we leave politics and religion out of this.
I've noticed one thing, girls.
You can [Ab] store this in your dome.
[Gb] All the married men who run after me have skinny [Eb] wives at home.
You'll have to be much thinner to attract the young sheiks.
Don't [Gb] worry, I'm doing all right with the Spaniards and the Greeks.
I don't want to lose weight.
The [Ab] boys tell me I'm great and my sweetheart loves me just the way I am.
[Bb] I have no fear that he'll go chasing [G] around with other mamas.
He may [Ab] find one who will fill my shoes but not [Gb] my pajamas.
I don't care what I weigh.
I eat pie every day.
[Bb] I hate pineapples and I don't care for land.
I'll tell [Eb] you very frankly, I weigh [Gb] 163.
But many a sunny boy has tried to climb up on my knee.
I don't want to get thin.
[Ab] You can laugh and you can grin, but I'm doing [Gb] very well the way I am.