MINNIE THE MOOCHER – CAB CALLOWAY / THE BLUES BROTHERS
Intro
(Strong blues feel, 95bpm)
|[Em] [B7] |[Em] |[Em] [B7] |[Em] |[Em] [B7] |[Em] |
|[C7] |[Em/B] [B7]/[F#] [Em] |[Em] |[Em] |[Em] |[C7] [B7] |
Verse 1
[Em]
Folks, here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher,
[C7] [B7] [Em]
She was a low-down hoochie-cootcher,
[Em]
She was the roughest, toughest frail,
[C7] [B7] [Em]
But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.
Chorus
[Em]
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
[Em]
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
[Em]
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
[Em]
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)
Verse 2
[Em]
She messed around with a bloke named Smoky,
[C7] [B7] [Em]
She loved him though he was cokie,
[Em]
He took her down to Chinatown,
[C7] [B7] [Em]
And he showed her how to kick the gong around.
Chorus
[Em]
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
[Em]
Whoooooaaaaah! (Whoooooaaaaah!)
[Em]
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
[Em]
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)
Verse 3
[Em]
She had a dream about the king of Sweden,
[C7] [B7] [Em]
He gave her things that she was needin',
[Em]
He gave her a home built of gold and steel,
(Double time feel)
[C7] [B7] [Em]
A diamond car with a platinum wheel.
Chorus
[Em]
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!)
[Em]
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-hi!)
[Em]
(Scat + Repeat)
([A] tempo)
[Em]
(Scat + Repeat)
Verse 4
[Em]
He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses,
[C7] [B7] [Em]
Each meal she ate was a dozen courses;
[Em]
She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes,
[C7] [B7] [Em]
She sat around and counted them all a million times.
Chorus
[Em]
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
[Em]
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
[Em]
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
[Em]
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)
Outro
[Em] [C7]
Poor Min,
[C7] [B7]
Poor Min,
[Em7]/[G] [Em] (Hold to end)
Poor Min.
