THE SKELETON IN THE CLOSET by Louis Armstrong with Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra 1936 Chords
Tempo:
155.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
Cm
F
Gm
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[Db] [Eb] Boy, don't you go in there!
[Db] Come out of there, boy!
Don't you know that [Eb] house is haunted?
[G] [Ab] [G] [Cm]
An old deserted [Fm] mansion [Cm]
on an old [Db] forgotten road, [Cm]
where the bed of ghosts [G] and [F] goblins [Eb] always [Cm] hang out.
[Db] [Cm] One night they threw [F] a party [Cm] in a manor [Db] a la mode, [Eb] and they cordially [Ab] invited [G] [Eb] all the gang out.
[D] At a dark bewitching hour, [G] when the fun was loud and haunted, [Cm] a [B] notorious wallflower [F] became the life of [Bb] the party.
[A] The spooks were having [Fm] their midnight fling, [Cm] the merrymaking [Fm] was in full swing.
[Cm] The spirits then fell into a cheerful [F]
frenzy, [Db] [Fm] when the skeleton in the closet started [Eb] to dance.
[G] [Cm] Now a goblin [Fm] giggled with fiendish glee, [Cm] a shout rang [Fm] out from a big-man [Cm] sheen.
Amazement was in every [F] ghostly glance, [Db] when [Fm] the skeleton in the closet started [Eb] to dance.
[G] All the witches were [Ab] in stitches, [G] while his steps made rhythmic [Ab] bumps, [F] and they nearly [Gm] dropped their brumpets.
[C] When he tried to do the bump, [Fm] you never heard such an [G] ugly laughter, [C] but his laughter grew grown, [F] when skeleton [Fm] in closet got [Eb] [Ab] his [G]
[Ab] bone.
[G] [Dm] [Gm] [Dm]
[Gm] [Dm]
[G]
[D] [Gm]
[F]
[Bb] [A] [Dm]
[Gm] [B]
[Gm] [Dm]
[E] [D] [G]
[A] [Gm]
[F]
[Gm] [F] [Gb] [F]
[Gm] [Cm]
[Bb] [B]
[Am]
[A] [F]
[Bb] [A] [D]
[G]
[Gm]
[C]
[Db] [N]
[F]
[N]
[Db] [Eb] Boy, don't you go in there!
[Db] Come out of there, boy!
Don't you know that [Eb] house is haunted?
[G] [Ab] [G] [Cm]
An old deserted [Fm] mansion [Cm]
on an old [Db] forgotten road, [Cm]
where the bed of ghosts [G] and [F] goblins [Eb] always [Cm] hang out.
[Db] [Cm] One night they threw [F] a party [Cm] in a manor [Db] a la mode, [Eb] and they cordially [Ab] invited [G] [Eb] all the gang out.
[D] At a dark bewitching hour, [G] when the fun was loud and haunted, [Cm] a [B] notorious wallflower [F] became the life of [Bb] the party.
[A] The spooks were having [Fm] their midnight fling, [Cm] the merrymaking [Fm] was in full swing.
[Cm] The spirits then fell into a cheerful [F]
frenzy, [Db] [Fm] when the skeleton in the closet started [Eb] to dance.
[G] [Cm] Now a goblin [Fm] giggled with fiendish glee, [Cm] a shout rang [Fm] out from a big-man [Cm] sheen.
Amazement was in every [F] ghostly glance, [Db] when [Fm] the skeleton in the closet started [Eb] to dance.
[G] All the witches were [Ab] in stitches, [G] while his steps made rhythmic [Ab] bumps, [F] and they nearly [Gm] dropped their brumpets.
[C] When he tried to do the bump, [Fm] you never heard such an [G] ugly laughter, [C] but his laughter grew grown, [F] when skeleton [Fm] in closet got [Eb] [Ab] his [G]
[Ab] bone.
[G] [Dm] [Gm] [Dm]
[Gm] [Dm]
[G]
[D] [Gm]
[F]
[Bb] [A] [Dm]
[Gm] [B]
[Gm] [Dm]
[E] [D] [G]
[A] [Gm]
[F]
[Gm] [F] [Gb] [F]
[Gm] [Cm]
[Bb] [B]
[Am]
[A] [F]
[Bb] [A] [D]
[G]
[Gm]
[C]
[Db] [N]
[F]
[N]
Key:
G
Cm
F
Gm
Fm
G
Cm
F
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ [Eb] Boy, don't you go in there! _
_ [Db] Come out of there, boy!
Don't you know that [Eb] house is haunted?
[G] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm]
An old deserted [Fm] mansion _ [Cm]
on an old [Db] forgotten road, _ _ [Cm]
where the bed of ghosts [G] and [F] goblins [Eb] _ always [Cm] hang out.
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Cm] One night they threw [F] a party _ [Cm] in a manor [Db] a la mode, _ [Eb] and they cordially [Ab] invited [G] _ [Eb] all the gang out.
_ _ _ [D] At a dark bewitching hour, _ _ [G] when the fun was loud and haunted, _ [Cm] _ a [B] notorious _ wallflower [F] _ became the life of [Bb] the party.
_ [A] The spooks were having [Fm] their midnight fling, [Cm] the merrymaking [Fm] was in full swing.
[Cm] The spirits then fell into a cheerful [F] _ _ _
_ frenzy, [Db] _ [Fm] when the skeleton in the closet started [Eb] to dance.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] Now a goblin [Fm] giggled with fiendish glee, [Cm] a shout rang [Fm] out from a big-man [Cm] sheen.
Amazement was in every [F] ghostly glance, _ _ _ [Db] when [Fm] the skeleton in the closet started [Eb] to dance. _
_ _ _ _ [G] All the witches were [Ab] in stitches, _ [G] while his steps made rhythmic [Ab] bumps, _ [F] and they nearly _ [Gm] dropped their brumpets.
_ [C] When he tried to do the bump, [Fm] you never heard such an [G] ugly laughter, _ _ [C] but his laughter grew grown, [F] when skeleton [Fm] in closet got [Eb] [Ab] his [G]
[Ab] bone.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
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[E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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[Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ [Eb] Boy, don't you go in there! _
_ [Db] Come out of there, boy!
Don't you know that [Eb] house is haunted?
[G] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm]
An old deserted [Fm] mansion _ [Cm]
on an old [Db] forgotten road, _ _ [Cm]
where the bed of ghosts [G] and [F] goblins [Eb] _ always [Cm] hang out.
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Cm] One night they threw [F] a party _ [Cm] in a manor [Db] a la mode, _ [Eb] and they cordially [Ab] invited [G] _ [Eb] all the gang out.
_ _ _ [D] At a dark bewitching hour, _ _ [G] when the fun was loud and haunted, _ [Cm] _ a [B] notorious _ wallflower [F] _ became the life of [Bb] the party.
_ [A] The spooks were having [Fm] their midnight fling, [Cm] the merrymaking [Fm] was in full swing.
[Cm] The spirits then fell into a cheerful [F] _ _ _
_ frenzy, [Db] _ [Fm] when the skeleton in the closet started [Eb] to dance.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] Now a goblin [Fm] giggled with fiendish glee, [Cm] a shout rang [Fm] out from a big-man [Cm] sheen.
Amazement was in every [F] ghostly glance, _ _ _ [Db] when [Fm] the skeleton in the closet started [Eb] to dance. _
_ _ _ _ [G] All the witches were [Ab] in stitches, _ [G] while his steps made rhythmic [Ab] bumps, _ [F] and they nearly _ [Gm] dropped their brumpets.
_ [C] When he tried to do the bump, [Fm] you never heard such an [G] ugly laughter, _ _ [C] but his laughter grew grown, [F] when skeleton [Fm] in closet got [Eb] [Ab] his [G]
[Ab] bone.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
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[E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _