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Making Whoopee Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn
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Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk
Tuning:EADGBE
The Frank Sinatra version I found on You Tube is in D - so play along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ifBkw0HO0
VERSE CHORD SHAPES CHORUS CHORD SHAPES
[D] [F#dim7] [Em7] [A7] [Dmaj7] [D7] [Gm9] [Gm7] [Bb7] [F#dim7] [Em7] [Gm7] [D] [Bb7] [A7]
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D|-0-1------0---2--0-----0--3---3---3--|-1------0---3---0-3---2--|
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Verse 1
[D] [F#dim7] [Em7] [A7]
Another bride, another June
[Dmaj7] [D7] [Gm9] [Gm7]
Another sunny honeymoon
[D] [F#dim7] [Bb7] [A7]
Another season, another reason
[D] [F#dim7] [Em7] [A7]
For makin' whoopee
Verse 2
[D] [F#dim7] [Em7] [A7]
A lot of shoes, a lot of rice
[Dmaj7] [D7] [Gm9] [Gm7]
The groom is nervous, he answers twice
[D] [F#dim7] [Bb7] [A7]
It's really killin' that he's so willin'
[D] [A7] [D]
To make whoopee
Chorus 1
[F#dim7] [Em]
Picture a little love nest
[Gm] [D]
Down where the roses cling
[F#dim7] [Em]
Picture the same sweet love nest
[Gm] [Bb7] [A7]
Think what a year can bring
Verse 3
[D] [F#dim7] [Em7] [A7]
He's washin' dishes and baby clothes
[Dmaj7] [D7] [Gm9] [Gm7]
He's so ambitious he even sews
[D] [F#dim7] [Bb7] [A7]
But don't forget folks that's what you get folks,
[D] [F#dim7] [Em7] [A7]
for makin' whoopee
Verse 4
[D] [F#dim7] [Em7] [A7]
Now in a year, or maybe less
[Dmaj7] [D7] [Gm9] [Gm7]
What's this I hear? Well you can't you guess?
[D] [F#dim7] [Bb7] [A7]
She feels neglected, and he's suspected
[D] [F#dim7] [Em7] [A7]
Of makin' whoopee
Verse 5
[D] [F#dim7] [Em7] [A7]
She sits alone, most every night
[Dmaj7] [D7] [Gm9] [Gm7]
He doesn't phone; he doesn't write
[D] [F#dim7] [Bb7] [A7]
He says he's busy, but she says "Is he?
[D] [A7] [D]
He's makin' whoopee"
Chorus 2
[F#dim7] [Em] [Gm] [D]
He doesn't make much money - only five thousand per
[F#dim7] [Em] [Gm] [Bb7] [A7]
Some judge who thinks he's funny says you'll pay six to her
Verse 6
[D] [F#dim7] [Em] [A7]
He says,"Judge, suppose I fail?"
[Dmaj7] [D7] [Gm9] [Gm7]
The judge says: "Bud, you go to jail"
[D] [F#dim7] [Bb7] [A7]
You'd better keep her, you’ll find it's cheaper
[D] [F#dim7] [Em7] [A7]
Than making whoopee
[D] [F#dim7] [Em7] [A7]
Than making whoopee
[D] [A7] [D]
Than making whoopee
