Verse 1
[Cm] [Fm]
When they had the earthquake in San Francisco
[Gm] [Cm]
Back in nineteen-six
[Fm]
They said that ol' Mother Nature
[Gm]
Was up to her old tricks
[Fm] [Cm]
That's the story that went around
[Gm]
But here's the real low-down
Chorus
[Cm] [G] [Cm]
Put the blame on Mame, boys
[G] [Cm]
Put the blame on Mame
[Fm] [Cm]
One night she started to shimmy-shake
[G7]
That brought on the Frisco quakes
[Cm] [G] [Cm]
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
[G] [Cm]
Put the blame on Mame
Verse 2
[Cm] [Fm]
They once had a shootin' up in the Klondike
[Gm] [Cm]
When they got Dan McGrew
[Fm]
Folks were putting the blame on
[Gm]
The lady known as Lou
[Fm] [Cm]
That's the story that went around
[G7]
But here's the real low-down
Chorus
[Cm] [G] [Cm]
Put the blame on Mame, boys
[G] [Cm]
Put the blame on Mame
[Cm] [G] [Cm]
Put the blame on Mame, boys
[G] [Cm]
Put the blame on Mame
[Fm] [Cm]
Mame did a dance called the hoochy-coo
[G7]
That's the thing that slew McGrew
[Cm] [G] [Cm]
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
N.C.
Put the blame on Mame
