Intro
[C7]
Verse
[F] [Bb] [F] [C7]
When I'm happy, when I'm happy, singing all the while
[F] [Bb] [F] [C7] [F]
I don't need nobody then to show me how to smile
[C] [C7] [C] [G] [C]
When I've been out on the spree toddling down the street
[C] [A] [D7] [G] [C7]
With this little melody, everyone I greet
Chorus
[F] [F7]
Show me the way to go home,
[Bb] [F]
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
[F]
I had a little drink about an hour ago,
[G7] [C7]
and it went right to my head
[F]
Wherever I may roam
[Bb] [A]
on land or sea or foam
[F] [G7] [C7] [F]
you can always hear me singing a song, show me the way to go home
[instrumental break]
[repeat chorus chords]
Verse
[F] [Bb] [F] [C7]
Miss FitzSimmons went in swimming early one summer morn
[F] [Bb] [F] [C7] [F]
she took a dip and she heard a rip she knew her suit was torn
[C] [C7] [C] [G] [C]
she stayed til the change of tide took the water out
[C] [A] [D7] [G] [C7]
when no longer she could hide, she began to shout,
[Chorus w/slight change at end]
[F] [F7]
Show me the way to go home,
[Bb] [F]
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
[F]
I had a little drink about an hour ago,
[G7] [C7]
and it went right to my head
[F]
Wherever I may roam
[Bb] [A]
on land or sea or foam
[F] [G7] [C7] [F] [D7] [C7]
you can always hear me singing the song, Show me the way to go (don't tell me where to go)
[F] [C7] [F]
Show me the way to go... home