Button Up Your Overcoat – Ruth Etting · Song Chords

Button Up Your Overcoat

Ruth Etting · C · Capo 1

Real Key

Db

Capo

Fret 1

C

Db

0.2x

120

BPM

1

2

3

4

Rhythm

2/4

3/4

4/4

5/4

6/8

7/8

No Accent

Downbeat

Backbeat

All Equal

1 & 3

Button Up Your Overcoat- Ruth Etting. 1928

Verse 1

[C]

Listen, big boy

[Dm7] [G7]

Now that you got me made

[Dm7] [G7]

Goodness, but I'm afraid

[C] [G7]

Somethin's gonna happen to you

Verse 2

[C] [Dm7]

Listen, big boy

[G7]

You gotta be hooked, and how!

[Em] [G] [A] [D7]

I would die if I should lose you now

Verse 3

[G]

Button up your overcoat

[A7]

When the wind is free

[D7]

Take good care of yourself

[G] [G7]

You belong to me

Verse 4

[G]

Eat an apple every day

[A7]

Get to bed by three

[D7]

Oh, take good care of yourself

[G] [G7]

You belong to me

Chorus 1

[C]

Be careful crossing streets, ooh, ooh

[G]

Don't eat meat, ooh, ooh

[Em] [A7]

Cut out sweets, ooh, ooh

[D7] N.C.

You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum

Verse 5

[G]

Keep away from bootleg hootch

[A7]

When you're on a spree

[D7]

Oh, take good care of yourself

[G] [G7]

You belong to me

Chorus 2

[C]

Don't sit on hornet's tails, ooh, ooh

[G]

Or on nails, ooh, ooh

[Em] [A7]

Or third rails, ooh, ooh

[D7] N.C.

You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum

Verse 6

[G]

Button up your overcoat

[A7]

When the wind is free

[D7]

Take good care of yourself

[G] [G7]

You belong to me

Verse 7

[G]

Wear your flannel underwear

[A7]

When you climb a tree

[D7]

Take good care of yourself

[G] [G7]

You belong to me

Chorus 3

[C]

Beware of frozen ponds, ooh, ooh

[G]

Peroxide blonds, ooh, ooh

[Em] [A7]

Stocks and bonds, ooh, ooh

[D7] N.C.

You'll get a pain and ruin your bankroll

Verse 8

[G]

Keep the spoon out of your cup

[A7]

When you're drinking tea

[Em]

Oh, take good care of yourself

[G] [G7]

You belong to me

Chords Used (8)

Guitar

Ukulele

C

1 / 4

Dm7

10fr

1 / 5

G7

1 / 4

Em

1 / 4

G

1 / 5

A

1 / 4

D7

1 / 4

A7

1 / 4

Song Info

Real Key

Db

Capo

Fret 1

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