IN THE MOOD Words & Music by Andy Razaf & Joe Garland, 1939
Recorded by Glenn Miller,
alt lyrics recorded by The Andrews Sisters and then later by Bette Midler
(The key to this song is the swinging beat that carries thru the lyrics too.)
Intro
[G] [A7] [Am7] [D7]
Verse 1
[G]
Mister Whatchacallum watcha doin' tonight?
Hope you're in the mood because I'm feelin' just right.
[C]
How's about a corner with a table for two,
[G]
Where the music's mellow in some gay rendezvous.
[D7]
There's no chance romancin' with the blue attitude,
[Am7] [G] [C6] [Eb7] [D7] [G6]
You've got to do some dancin' to get in the mood.
Verse 2
[G]
Sister Whatchacallum that's a timely idea,
Something swingadilla would be good to my ear.
[C]
Everybody must agree that dancin' has charms
[G]
When you have that certain one you love in your arms.
[D7]
Steppin' out with you will be a sweet interlude,
[Am7] [G] [C6] [Eb] [D11] [G6]
A builder-upper that will put me in the mood.
Chorus 1
[G] [Gdim] [Am7] [D7b9]
In the mood, that's it I got it,
[G] [Gdim] [Am7] [D7b9]
In the mood, your ear will spot it,
[G] [Gdim] [Am7] [D7b9]
in the mood, oh what a hot hit,
[D7] [Ddim] [D7] [Eb7] [D7] [G]
Be alive and get the jive, you've got to lea-rn how.
Chorus 2
[G] [Gdim] [Am7] [D7b9]
Hep, hep, hep, like a hepper,
[G] [Gdim] [Am7] [D7b9]
pep, pep, pep, hot as a pepper,
[G] [Gdim] [Am7] [D11]
Step, step, step, step like a stepper,
[D7] [Ddim] [D7] [Eb7] [D7] [G]
We're muggin' and huggin', we're in the mo-od now.
Verse 3
[G]
Mister Whatchacallum all you needed was fun,
You can see the wonders that this evenin' has done.
[C]
Your feet were so heavy till they hardly could move,
[G]
Now they're light as feathers and you're right in the groove.
[D7]
You were only hungry for some musical food,
[Am7] [G] [C6] [Eb] [D11] [G6]
You're positively, absolutely in the mood.
Verse 4
[G]
Sister Whatchacallum I'm indebted to you,
It all goes to show what good influence can do.
[C]
Never felt so happy and so fully alive,
[G]
Seems that jam and jumpin' is a powerful jive.
[D7]
Swing a roo has given me a new attitude,
[Am7] [G] [C6] [Eb] [D11] [G6]
My heart is full of rhythm and I'm in the mood.
Chorus 1
[G] [Gdim] [Am7] [D7b9]
In the mood, that's it 'cause I've got it, and I'm
[G] [Gdim] [Am7] [D7b9]
In the mood your ear will spot it when you're
[G] [Gdim] [Am7] [D7b9]
In the mood, (scat),
[D7] [Ddim] [D7] [Eb7] [D7] [G]
Be alive and get the jive, you've got to lear-rn how
Chorus 2
[G] [Gdim] [Am7] [D7b9]
Hep, hep, hep, like a hepper,
[G] [Gdim] [Am7] [D7b9]
pep, pep, pep, hot as a pepper,
[G] [Gdim] [Am7] [D11]
Step, step, step, step like a stepper,
[D7] [Ddim] [D7] [Eb7] [D7] [G]
We're muggin' and now were huggin', cause we're in the mo-od now.
Outro
[D7] [G6] [C6] [Eb7] [Am7/D] [G6]
